I’m having a lazy Sunday today, but kind of wish I was back in South Africa so that I could go to the Blaauwklippen Market again! It’s held every Sunday at the Blaauwklippen Wine Estate and is host to dozens of stalls with food, drinks, and local handicrafts. A great way to spend a Sunday with the family!
Yogyakarta, near the southern cost of Java, is a convenient base for exploring the nearby temples of Borobudur (the largest Buddhist temple in the world) and Prambanan (an ancient Hindu temple). However, the city is also a cultural center and a great place for street photography. The core of the city, just south of the main train station, hosts dozens of food stalls and warungs, with the streets full of becaks (cycle rickshaws) and young locals playing popular songs on the guitar to customers of the warungs, which serve great food at cheap prices. If none of that is what you’re looking for, then you can always go shopping for batik – you don’t need to look for the vendors, they’ll find you!
Galle Face Green is a large open public space in central Colombo, right on the coast. In the evenings, dozens of people head here after work, to talk with friends, meet significant others, to play with their children, and to eat. It’s a busy place, and great for seeing some of the local people. Here, a vendor with his stall is selling food.
This is a shot of a woman selling honey at a stall in Riga’s Central Market. The market is enormous – occupying five old German Zeppelin hangars. There are stalls selling fish, bread, fruit and vegetables, clothes… you name it, you can find it!
On my last day in Myanmar, I went for a walk through downtown Yangon before heading to Shwedagon Pagoda for sunset. Down one street near the river, I came across this shop selling bananas – every type you could imagine! Yellow, green, brown, large, small… I’ve never seen such a wide variety of bananas in my life!
At the end of my trip through Myanmar, I spent a few days relaxing at Ngapali Beach, a short flight west of Yangon. A brief walk south along the beach was a small fishing village; one morning (before it got too hot to do anything!) I wandered down the beach to take a look.
The men who had been out fishing during the night were busy packing up their nets and equipment, mooring their boats, and preparing everything for the next night of fishing.
At the end of my trip through Myanmar, I spent a few days relaxing at Ngapali Beach, a short flight west of Yangon. A brief walk south along the beach was a small fishing village; one morning (before it got too hot to do anything!) I wandered down the beach to take a look.
The villagers were all busy unloading fish from their boats, packing up nets and equipment, and spreading small fish out on the beach to dry in the sun. This woman was one of the ones sorting through all the tiny fish and spreading them out to dry.
During our stay at Inle Lake, we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit the 5 day market at Nampan, on the southern end of the lake. The market rotates between different locations every 5 days.
It’s full of different foods, spices, and people from tribes from the surrounding hills. It’s a melting pot of different people, full of sites, smells, sounds – and completely chaotic!
At times it was difficult to take pictures because there were so many people, but occasionally the crowds cleared enough to get a shot.
On our first day in Myanmar, we flew from Bangkok to Yangon and had a few hours in the afternoon and evening to explore the city. We ventured out on foot into the Chinatown area in downtown Yangon and discovered a daily market there, with stalls selling fruit, vegetables, fish, and cooked food. As the afternoon turns to evening, more and more people appear selling curries, spring rolls, and grilled food. It’s a real feast of fresh, delicious food – and extremely cheap as well as being very photogenic!
This is a shot of a woman selling fresh fish in the afternoon. No doubt some of these ended up on a grill later in the day!
The small town of Marsaxlokk hosts a weekly fish market every Sunday morning. Marsaxlokk also has a very picturesque harbor, with colorfully painted boats anchored in the water. Here a stall displays the day’s catch, including what appear to be baby sharks.
A Colorful Affair 