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Pilok
- ... that the Thai mining town of Pilok (location pictured) was so remote that its ore had to be transported by elephant? Source: "Before construction of a 60-kilometer road from Tha Khanon, a village on the Burma-Thailand railroad, to the river Khwae Noi, the ore was shipped from the district by elephants, which are still used for transport at Song Khwae in the southeast end of the district." [1]
- ALT1:... that the mines of Pilok, Thailand, were abandoned (equipment pictured) following the global tin market crash of 1985? Source: "นิยายเหมืองแร่แห่งปิล๊อกดำเนินเรื่องราวอยู่หลายสิบปี ก่อนประสบภาวะราคาแร่โลกตกต่ำในปี พ.ศ. 2528 บรรดาเหมืองแร่ทยอยปิดตัวลง ไม่เว้นแม้แต่เหมืองปิล๊อก"[2]. See also [3] for English coverage.
- ALT2:... that deep in the forest of Pilok, Thailand, Auntie Glen (pictured) operates a guesthouse out of a former mine? Source: [4]
- Reviewed: Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen
- Comment: Image is admittedly not the best at thumbnail—you can't really even see the village, but that's kind of the point. It's in the middle of the jungle. / Update: I've added a second image for ALT1. / Update: and ALT2.
Created by Paul_012 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 14 May 2018 (UTC).