chicken guts and stray dogs

I only have five minutes to write this entry so sorry that it is rushed I just had to get down a few images before they escaped my memory banks.

Yesterday was our day off I spent it firstly on a boat travelling around some local islands looking at the wildlife which ranged from penguins to sealions.

After this I spent the afternoon at the market the most amazing market I have ever seen.

The maze of small streets were crammed with sights smells and noise. I made the mistake of wearing flip flops, there were animal guts and blood strewn across the potholed roads, rubbish of all kinds, open sewers next to the cheese stalls. Street vendors everywhere pushing along their tempting trolleys of treats, chocolate raisins, sweets. People sitting eating at small stalls women expertly cutting cows heart with a huge knife and frying it for her customers. I stopped for a bowl of noodles in part of the internal and covered market. the stall was a cross between a cafe serving chiense food, a corner shoop people coming to buy cartons of milk and a take away where rather novely the lady prepared all the vegetable and then popped them in a bag like a ready meal everything sliced and ready to cook. The various fruits and all the colours I never knew potatoes could be was what held my attention.

I am sorry for the lack of interest that this blog provides...I must be off to get some supper before the 50 other volunteers eat it all!