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#FriFotos: MARKETS

Erica
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I swear to God he is looking at you. Market in Oaxaca, Mexico.

 

Normally I kinda do my own thing for Friday Foto (#FriFotos) but I couldn’t help myself this week when it was announced that the theme would be MARKETS.

I can’t even start to explain my love affair with markets. My stomach fills with butterflies and I’m always super excited to see how locations differ from the next. A market in Guatemala is completely than a market in Argentina.

If you’re looking for a way to become intimate with the culture you are visiting, this would be the way to do it. Learn the natural geography at a farmers market. Get to know culture at artisan fairs. Realize you’re in a farming community when you’re surrounded by cows.

I nearly got run over by an abuelita on a steep hill at the San Francisco El Alto market in Guatemala. This 70+ year old lady was easily carrying 40 pounds on her shoulder and head and as she nimbly made her way down the hill I made the wrong move – and managed to get bulldozed, nearly missing a chicken coop.

You’ll always be in for an adventure. Make sure to to visit one in the neighborhood you find yourself in!

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Tortillas at a market in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

 

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Pigs at the livestock market at the largest open air market in Latin America – San Francisco El Alto.

 

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Beautiful blankets at a market in Antigua, Guatemala.

 

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A peek through a doorway at a market in Cuzco, Peru.

 

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Llama fetuses at the witches market in La Paz, Bolivia.

 

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Amazing textures at the market in Tarabuco, Bolivia.

 

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Big sister carries little sister through the Tarabuco Market in Bolivia.

 

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Sunday Market in San Telmo – Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

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Free tango show at the San Telmo Market in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

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Oh the choices! Barcelona, Spain

 

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Cured meat found at a market in Rome, Italy.

 

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Gorgeous produce at the morning market in Rome, Italy.

 

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The start of mushroom season in Florence, Italy.

 

Published by Erica

Your resident adventure geek, and travel photographer extraordinaire, Erica likes to keep life interesting. A few of her favorite things to do include Burning Man, Diving, Downhill Mountain Biking, and laying by the beach with a good beer.

21 thoughts on “#FriFotos: MARKETS”

  1. With photos like these, I can see why you have an obsession! 🙂
    But what’s wrong with that? *grin*

  2. I love your photos. So rich and beautiful. You have an amazing eye. Came here by way of the Black Travel Daily (Twitter paper). Loving it!!

  4. My stomach just started rumbling and I had to wipe the drool from those amazing photographs! (Expect for the llamas! 🙁 ) Great post 🙂

  5. Thank you DNLee! <3

    I try my best and the awesome thing is that I've improved so much over the past few years!. 🙂 Don't be a stranger!

  11. WOW! I haven’t gotten to South America yet but I’m similarly enamored with the markets of Southeast Asia. Amazing stuff!

  15. I love markets too! One thing I have learned about myself through my travels is that I’m always happy to spend a couple hours looking at (and hopefully tasting) local food in this kind of setting.

  20. YES. The tortillas spoiled me. I can’t eat corn tortillas back home without rolling my eyes and wishing for a homemade one.

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