I came home with two grocery bags worth of fruit and vegetables, and only spent $7 bucks. I got a bag of 4 avocados ($1), 25 medium oranges ($1.50), 1 pound of small purple potatoes ($1), and 2 large pineapples ($3.50). If you’re like Lourdes and “Berditta”, and you get a large IKEA bag’s worth of produce, you can have an Andean woman strap it to her back, and carry it to your car for $1 dollar.
My landlady and her sister always get their produce from the same merchants, and never anyone else. I imagine that this was how things used to be back in the day. Loyalty means a lot here, and getting your vegetables one place, fruits in another, and bread on the way home is just how things are done. There’s something very sacred about all this, which is why I will continue to come back.
very cool.
ReplyDeleteWow. It sounds like this place is amazing. I would love to go to a market like this! (In Alakanuk, an orange would probably be 5 or 6 dollars EACH (and not taste too fresh). It's astounding to me how, on a global scale, different people can live their lives. =D
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures. Your cultural competency is growing. ;) How wonderful that these ladies have taken you under their wings and that you are embracing each new experience. Keep up the terrific work.
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