The world’s most dangerous marketplace

Published on August 17th, 2012 | by FunnyDoom Stuff

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Maeklong Market is in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, around 37 miles west of Bangkok. The Thai fruit and veg stalls where shoppers have to dodge bustling commuter train eight times a day

Every day people sell locally grown fruits such as lychee, durian, and mango, freshly caught seafood, dried spices and peppers, and other local foods. But then, eight times a day, a piercing siren sounds and in a flash the market transforms - the shoppers disappear and the stallholders whip away their produce. It is such a tight squeeze that the train - appearing to travel at about 15mph - touches the fruits, vegetables and everything else at the marketplace as it passes through.

Tags: Bangkok, dangerous, marketplace, Train