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Today we headed to the market to pick up a few things for lunch with a local village family. We broke up into groups and had to pick out what we wanted and conduct the transactions without any translation help. I know a few words and pointing usually works. My curiosity and facial expressions earned me a bag of shaved banana blossoms and the lady just gave them to me with a big smile. The next stand I procured a custard apple and a guava and that lady simply wrote the price on her hand so that worked well. The lack of flies in the city and in the open market were markedly absent, which is a stark difference from Morocco and the Laiki Agora in Athens. If it weren't for the continuous flow of scooters, I'd say this market was calm and peaceful. Overall, a really nice experience. The custom here is to go to the market daily for groceries and many of the vendors have a very early start to the day to bring things in from outside the city.Read more