At first the market was a place of curiosity and strange new things for me. After living here for 1.5 years, I FINALLY took pictures, and it felt a bit weird to be honest. I felt like a tourist in my own town and actually struggled to take pictures of some of things things I found so interesting before, because now, going to the market is a weekly or more often event. It's a fascinating place full of hustle and bustle with literally everything you could ever want. Pictures truly don't do it justice, but here's an attempt!
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| Market entrance. There are several entrances, but this is the closest to my house |
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My fruit lady. She has a wonderful smile, but didn't want to for the photo.
I see her pretty much every week, and if I don't, she asks where I've been. |
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| Collection of bags and household items |
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| Clothing area |
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The organization of the market is amazing.
On the right they are selling jewelry and opposite cleaning supplies.
In the far left a banana stand on the far right bras and underwear. |
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| Flower shop |
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| The display of fruits and vegetables is a work of art at every stand |
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| Also interesting to see all the fruits and vegetables with chips up tome |
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| Cute kid sitting atop the fruit |
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| One of the many fruit/vegetable areas of the market |
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| Spices |
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| The meat area - yes, it just hangs out all day |
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| When I asked to take a picture of the stand, the guys said it was ok but then ducked out of view. |
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| There is also a lot of prepared food to buy |
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| Hard at work flipping blue corn tortillas |
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| The outside portion of the market |
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| You can literally buy anything here! And you can see it's time to prepare for Christmas. |
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| Many, many eggs! A carton of eggs (30 eggs) costs about $4.50 |
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| So much amazing fresh produce for cheap! A pineapple is $1.30 |
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| Massive papayas |
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Behind the market is where the chicken buses park.
Chicken buses are the public transportation around Guatemala. |
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| The Paca - where old clothes come to get a new life for super low prices |
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| If you're into hunting for clothing, you can find some awesome deals here! |
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| Another inside portion of the market |
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| It just keeps going and going... |
