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Out of shot: tears of joy streaming down my face
No doubt in the UK I'll be mugged for my "ipod" (as if you'd ever catch me with anything Apple-branded!). Anyway, US$ 40, which is cheaper than they would be back home, about the same as in Japan I think. I'll live with the white thing for now. I was also tempted by a tiny digital video camcorder thing, but decided that though the quality is atrocious, my phone can do that too, so I'll try to record some videos for your pleasure!
Here are two, one with the manic roads, watch out for the crazy buses, and the second just passing along some stalls. This is my first experiment with video posting, I promise I'll find more interesting things to record later!!
Wandering through the markets, I see cars with boots full of wedding cakes, a man sprinting along the street, grimacing with the effort, hoover under his arm, bags of used wine corks, rows of stalls selling dog collars, strange shaped buses, like a big caravan on a trailer, seeds for growing plants, miles of fresh fruits, the fragrances wafting and mixing with the fumes of the traffic, tiles with all sorts of patterns, generic, fish, animals, occasionally someone calls out to me, offering a deal on some food, or a drink, I pass drums full of nuts and beans, people selling paint have large cards with discs of colour on display, someone staggers past with two huge carpets rolled up on his back, and last but not least, there is a good selection of kitchen sinks!
Here are several photos of my morning:
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The crowded markets don't stop large lorries ploughing through
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Or buses..
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Wonderful fruit
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Christmas approaches
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Some "Sony" products with rather dubious non-Sony packaging... Hmmmm
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That's not a knife..
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They are into their panettone for Xmas cake
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The proverbial kitchen sink!
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Dead things at the Witches' Market. I think these are baby llamas?
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More of the same
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Small people
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Efforts to defeat the congestion charge surpass those in London
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Being a lowly shoeshine boy brings shame on families, so they hide their faces with balaclavas
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They like their balloons here. These are Xmas trees!
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The country is named after Simon Bolivar, one of the leaders of the fight against Spanish colonial rule
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Grandiose buildings in the main square - this is the National Congress
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And impromptu performances in front of the Cathedral
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Damn his underexposed face, this was such a good scene!
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Old icons meet modern construction. These were above a bank
The Museum of Contemporary Art was good, though I have to admit I went round thinking that there was a very prolific artist who it turns out was called the Spanish word for "watercolour". Only twigged this when I came across the artist called Mixte. Doh!
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