Surreal Market Boat with Train Car in Manila

Woven palm fans in warm amber and dried green hues cover the wooden deck of a floating boat stall. Direct overhead, bright late-afternoon sun reflects off the wet planks and the monsoon-dampened air. A standard passenger train car is impossibly embedded into the starboard side of the vessel, its metal windows and riveted steel doors merging seamlessly with the waterline. The vendor's hands, stained with natural palm fiber dust, adjust a fan near the train's lower window frame. Ripples in the surrounding water distort the reflection of the steel carriage. One brass latch on the train door catches the light, resting against the weathered bamboo railing of the market.