The Otavalo market is so colorful and Otavaleños are such good sellers that it’s hard not to buy anything. While Jenna and Amy were on a quest for the perfect poncho and winter hat, I had a look at what street food sellers had in store. As I was considering getting myself some humitas, I noticed an old man standing by me and drinking a purple liquid out of a plastic cup. Segundo was trying to tell me how good his blackberry colada was. Despite his mumbling, he convinced me. I got myself a glass of colada de mora which was delicious, and he rewarded me with the most beautiful smile!
Showing a tourist how to wear a locally-made scarf
Otavalo, is a city in the Imbabura province just 2 hours North from Quito by bus. The city is known throughout the country for being very indigenous and faithful to its Incan heritage, the men sport long hair kept in pony tails topped off with a fedora hat and peacock feather, while the women wear white blouses with colorful skirts and long strings of beads around their necks. (more…)
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When I visit a town, I love going to the market- or farmers’ market as you might call it. It is always a frantic area to explore with new sights and strong odors.
In Hoi An, I unfortunately missed the early tidal wave of conical hats getting off to the fish market at five o’clock in the morning. But I smelled freshly picked aromatic herbs, looked at yellow rice noodles used for traditionnal dish ”Cao lau,” and ate delicious shrimp dumplings poetically named ”white rose”.
Freshly picked aromatic herbs.
Vietnamese brooms and baskets.
The fish market of Hoi An.
Making sugar cane juice: ''nuoc mia.'' Yummy!
Drinking nuoc mia.
Hoi An.
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LE MARCHE AUX POISSONS DE HOI AN
En terre inconnue, j’aime toujours me balader du côté du marché. Il y a une frénésie indescriptible de couleurs, d’odeurs, de visions nouvelles.
A Hoi An, j’ai malheureusement manqué de peu la marée de chapeau conique arrivant au marché aux poissons à cinq heures du matin. Mais j’ai humé les herbes aromatiques fraîchement cueillies, regardé les nouilles de riz jaune utilisées pour le plat traditionnel ”cao lau”, et dégusté des raviolis à la crevette portant le poétique nom de ”rose blanche”.
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I was wandering near the Grand Bazaar the other day when I heard shouting and commotion. Naturally, I walked over to investigate. There were a group of men standing next to a gold shop, yelling at each other and no one all at the same time and throwing their hands up in gestures that I did not understand. When I asked the man in the video what was going on, he said that gold was going for 33,820 TRL a kilogram, when the market price was 34,000 TRL a kilogram (approx $23,400 US).
This seemed to be creating a kind of buying frenzy, and just like the stock market at home, I had absolutely no clue what was happening. But it was pretty entertaining to see it go down on the street.
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Shinhye, Yuyu, Bryan and I headed out for an afternoon in the markets and streets of Insadong, a traditional section of town best known for street vendors and Korean crafts. It’s a great place to spend a day wandering around. Less of a great place to buy unless you’re specifically looking for tourist souvenirs or antiques.
Fish and nerds both have their own district in Tokyo, but Jed must once again make his home elsewhere…
So, there have been a lot of changes with JS0 recently, but one of them isn’t our release schedule: we should be back to every Monday with regularity now that our new site, trailer, and merch (hint hint, it’s awesome!) is underway.
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