Maeklong Railway Market - When Insanity Becomes a Tourist Attraction
The Maeklong Railway Market: Where Vendors Play Chicken with an Actual Train Welcome to the Maeklong Railway Market, known in Thai as " Talad Rom Hup " or "the market that closes its umbrella." Situated in Samut Songkhram province just south of Bangkok, this market should be renamed "The Market Where Tourists Almost Die for Instagram." Picture this: a normal market selling fruits, vegetables, seafood, and the usual Thai market stuff. Nothing special, right? WRONG. This market just happens to be built directly ON active train tracks. Not next to, not near, but ON. As in, the train runs THROUGH the market multiple times a day. It's like someone looked at a busy market and a functioning railway and thought, "These two things should definitely occupy the exact same physical space. What could go wrong?" The Main Attraction: Narrowly Avoiding Death The star of the show here isn't the produce or merchandise – it's the train that passes throu...