We got up before the sun this morning, bought sticky rice, bread, and crackers and went to offer alms to the Monks. They eat some of the offerings themselves, and give a lot of it to the poor families who come to the temples during the day.
The morning was cool and a nice relief from the hot, humid days and evenings here. After offering alms, we walked through the morning market, which was absolutely bustling at 6:30am. It’s the coolest market I’ve been to so far – it’s huge, and there’s an incredible variety of things for sale. Some of them looked amazing, some of them I’m not adventurous enough to eat. But walking around the market was great fun.
I took a lot of photos on my phone while I walked through the market, so here they are, presented without commentary.
You didn’t try the chicken heads? I thought you were adventurous.
They were pretty gross, what could they possible do with them besides boil them down for broth? I was wondering about the other meat sitting out in the open. Especially with the weather hot and humid as you said? They don’t worry about diseases from nasty meat? Some of the other piles of stuff was cool but I didn’t recognize a lot of it. They must have veggies and stuff that we don’t see. The pics are great. I’m anxious to see what you’re doing in Austria!
Some of the things you see the markets are a bit shocking, but everyone there eats all this all the time, and are fine. Such a different way of life and cooking/eating – and it was amazing to see it up close! A lot of really cool things about it – I love the community feel of the markets.