VISITING KANDAL MARKET IN THE MORNING - PART 2

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I could not see any other tourists at the market but I just didn't care when other people at market were amused to see me clicking my camera all along.

I was there on the final day to get some fruits to bring back home. How I wish I could buy the vegetables too, as well as the fish.

There was this Muslim lady (because she was wearing a hijab) who was selling fish. I managed to chat with her in Malay language the two days I was at the market. She had stayed in Malaysia before, for about 10 years before she went home to Phnom Penh.

I tried to look for any strange food that people sold but there was nothing peculiar.

You could get frogs for your meal and they had already been skinned here. They looked really fresh. Well, one man's meat is another man's poison.

If you travel on your own, i.e. without following any tour group, you will always have the chance to visit the morning wet market. I try to do this every time I go for holiday abroad and I enjoy it very much.

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VISITING KANDAL MARKET IN THE MORNING - PART 1

If you want to see the real local people and how the live their lives, the best way is to visit the wet market in the morning. People go to the morning market in their everyday attires and the women do not put too much make up so they look less fake.

I was here in Kandal Market twice on the 15th and 16th August 2019 - to look around on the first day, and to buy some fruits to bring back home on the second day. I just found out it is actually prohibited to bring in fruits into the country via the airport but I have been doing that all this while.

The market was actually very near to the hotel I was staying so I happily walked there, and the roads were not still filled with many vehicles.

I was there at about 8:00 a.m. and the market was flocked with people. I wonder whether all these people were housewives who do not have to go to work at all.

How I wish I could get all the fresh vegetables, fruits, fish and other aquatic lives in the market at home.

The place was huge. It was something common to get lost in the lively morning market and not able yo find the entrance I first came in. So I just went with the flow and enjoyed myself at the morning market.

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2 . . .

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