Heyyy guys! I have another Thailand post for you, so buckle up! I’m telling you about this train market that is here in Thailand. Click the link below to read my previous posts about Thailand.

Phuket, Thailand & Street Food in Bangkok

Thailand has a train market and a floating market as I mentioned on my previous post. The Maeklong train market is mostly seafood, and it’s one of the largest seafood market in Thailand. But besides seafood, you can also buy fresh produce, fruits, clothes, souvenirs, shoes, local made products, and more!

We hired a private car, and the driver picked us up at 7:30 A.M. at our hotel. Way too early. We’re not morning people. It’s about an hour drive from Bangkok. Hiring a car is the easiest and most convenient way to get there, and it’s a reasonable price. You can also get to the market by bus or train, but it will take you longer. If you hire a private car, the driver will wait for you and take you to your next destination. To get the full experience with the train, you have to be there before 9 A.M. There’s three other times, 6:30 A.M., 11 A.M., and the last one is 3P.M. Oh, and you can also ride the train if you have more time to spare and have the full experience. I think you will see salt fields along the way.

The market existed first, but when the government decided to build a railway cutting through the market. The vendors refused to leave, so they learned to peacefully coexist and now you have a market that has a train passing through multiple times a day. The train market is a very interesting place. It’s so cool, because the vendors have to constantly disassemble and reassemble their canopies/awnings and their tables so the train has room to pass through. Some vendors are completely unfazed by train passing by. Some vegetables are low to the ground that the vendor doesn’t even move it. The vendors warned us to stay behind the red line.

We didn’t walk around the whole market. We weren’t planning on shopping. We just want to see the vendors close to the train tracks and see the train pass by.

The train market is a seafood market, right? Well, there are also live fish being sold at the market. They are kept in tubs of water, and they flop around a lot, I got splashed! I was surprised when I saw that it was still alive. It was a catfish. Make sure to watch my YouTube video at the end of this post.

The train market is something that I find really interesting, like the floating market as well. These are two really cool markets that I’ve had the incredible opportunity of visiting.

So that’s all that I wanted to pop in to say. Yep. I’m gonna be back next time though, and I’m going to tell you all about something that considered pretty controversial to visit here in Thailand. Bye for now!