Friday, May 4, 2012

Outdoor Food Market


After lunch we went back to the hotel for a rest...well, Andy rested and I went to the biggest supersized grocery/Walmart type store I have ever seen...in the basement of a mall.  Was fun to see all the products they have...from all over the world.  Foods, candies, treats, baby items, dishes, clothing, games...you name it they had it.  No bags at checkout...most bring their own.

Later in the afternoon we went to a section of the city that has shopping for locals, a market area for tourists to buy trinkets, and an outdoor food market ~ which was amazing.  We saw everything you could imagine...snakes on a stick, whole frogs, squid, fish, whole crabs and pigeons, silk worms, scorpions, roaches, and some big bugs still alive and kicking, just waiting on a stick to be fried and eaten.  They even had starfish to eat...
The market was a couple of blocks long on a wide sidewalk.  Along the street there were trash cans every so often.  The man on the bike in the pictures went from can to can, picking out skewers people had thrown away...and eating what was left.  Desperate people, unashamed to get they they need however they can.
From all the stuff he had on the back of his bike, I'm guessing he was homeless.

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