A trip to Anjuna market

After a work day yesterday, today I was doing the tourist thing. Umesh, my taxi driver, picked me up at 8.30am and we headed to the weekly market at Anjuna Beach. We arrived at about ten past nine. Initially, it appeared to be closed, but after asking someone, Umesh realised we were in the wrong place 😊.

When we found the market, Umesh dropped ne off and I went for a wander. I didn't have very high expectations as people in Mandrem had told me it was a tourist trap and full of imported tat. I was pleasantly surprised to find out they were wrong! Yes, there was a lot of rubbish specifically aimed at tourists, but there were also a lot of hand crafted items, especially textiles. I was in my element talking to the ladies  who hand stitch bed covers and bags. Their use  of colour was an inspiration. I was only sorry that I couldn't buy anything much - seeing as I'm travelling around for the next few months. I will definitely put it on my list if I do come back next winter! I did buy a hand-stitched purse that I didn't really need, and some beautiful sari fabric strips that I don't know what I'm going to do with yet 😀.

I had breakfast in a market cafe overlooking Anjuna Beach and was sorry I couldn't stay for the local Bob Marley tribute act who was performing later! On my way to meet up with Umesh, I was blessed by a holy man who tied an orange cord around my wrist. I'm not in any way a believer, and I hate orange, but I'm a bit superstitious about taking it off 😀.Read more