Stop Press!

Trying to finish Cyprus trip. Four new videos uploaded into previous posts.

After trotting around Southeast Asia over the summer, I'm now back in the UK - Cambridge to be exact. Am trying my best to update as frequently as my clinical course will allow.

Entries on Italy and France two winters ago have been put on hold indefinitely. Read: possibly never. But we shall see.

Entries on Greece and Turkey last winter have also been put on hold for the time being.

Posted:
Don Det (Laos), Don Khone

Places yet to blog about:
Ban Nakasang, Champasak, Pakse, Tha Kaek, Vientienne, Vang Vien, Ban Phoudindaeng, Luang Prabang, Khon Kaen (Thailand), Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), London (England), Cambridge

Saturday 26 July 2008

Hoi An Market


Early morning again - this time to the wet market. Saturday morning - no other better time, surely?


I love markets - both wet and dry - not just for what is being sold but also for its human-esque quality. It's obvious how markets reflect the livelihood and economy of a town; less obvious its history; and even less so its culture and beliefs.


But it's such a human thing - markets: where everybody converge at a specific point in space and time to interact with each other in more ways than one. It's simply a characteristic of human civilization: no civilization has ever occurred without a marketplace.

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