Visiting the local market is one of the best ways to get the pulse on a location. It can also be the source of the most memorable experiences. We visit markets everywhere we go. When we were in Corfu, Greece during a cruise stop, we had a couple of hours to spare so we found ourselves “window shopping” at the seafood market.
Excellent post! My first couple of trips to Peru, I must have heard the "Peru has x,xxx number of potatoes" quote fifty time. I think 4,000 was the number most quoted. LOL.
Lovely photos! Unfortunately I get shy and nervous at markets, even in my home country, so I tend to skip them when abroad (especially when traveling alone as a blond-enough woman). Once, during one of the few times I did go (in Singapore, I think..?), I successfully haggled for the first and only time of my life. I had actually just changed my mind and truly had no more desire to buy the item, but every time I said 'no, really, never mind, thank you' the guy kept bargaining and ultimately I caved because a) I didn't know how else to stop the transaction and b) the price was now actually really good. Still, I mostly avoid markets.
Excellent post! My first couple of trips to Peru, I must have heard the "Peru has x,xxx number of potatoes" quote fifty time. I think 4,000 was the number most quoted. LOL.
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Lovely photos! Unfortunately I get shy and nervous at markets, even in my home country, so I tend to skip them when abroad (especially when traveling alone as a blond-enough woman). Once, during one of the few times I did go (in Singapore, I think..?), I successfully haggled for the first and only time of my life. I had actually just changed my mind and truly had no more desire to buy the item, but every time I said 'no, really, never mind, thank you' the guy kept bargaining and ultimately I caved because a) I didn't know how else to stop the transaction and b) the price was now actually really good. Still, I mostly avoid markets.