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Market Day

March 11th, 2014 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

Every Thursday, farmers and vendors gather in a nearby residential community to sell their products.  It is a crazy place with thousands of people and hundreds of distorted bullhorns.  The sounds, smells, and variety (of products and people) are impossible to capture in photos.  But here are some from last week:Grapes Snackmakers Mushrooms Sugar Cane Rows of Veggies Hat for Sales Meat Department Colorful Kids stuff Roots n stuff Green Stuff from a Van Assorted Veggies Goose Egg Lady Radish Man Minority Roots Duck Eggs Pineapples Durian Something to eat in Poultry Very fresh quail Snakes in the Market Smiling tofu sellerHi there i am Elmu

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  • Tim Robnett

    Ah, I miss this place. I love seeing all the worn faces, interesting vegetables and eels, Chinglish shirts, and people doing the Chinese squat. Classic.

  • Eric Q

    I love the picture of the baby amongst the vegetables. It’s family market day!

  • laurie

    Oh please get the elmu shirt for Eli! That is hilarious! I also want to know what those large green melons(?) are in the picture #17. So strange.

  • admin

    The large green fruit is durian. They can be as large as a watermelon and are covered with strong, sharp thorns, posing serious danger to the workers who collect them from trees. We have not yet eaten any, but have been told they taste better than they smell (imagine raw sewage).

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