Al Mercado

This morning we took a trip to the mercado in Comayaguela in Teguc to practice our bargaining skills in Spanish. The trip over here in and of itself was an experience. We took a public bus from Santa Lucia (very crowded, complimented with the musical stylings of Michael Jackson and Cindy Lauper) to the Hospital de San Felipe in Teguc. From there we took a cab out to the mercado. The taxi driver appeared as though in his late 80s, and I wasn't sure which was older: the driver or the car. Wires were dangling from underneath the steering wheel and everytime we took a turn the car made this really unsettling clanking sound. I was having trouble breathing from all of the pollution, and I was struck by the filth.

The market itself was also a bit chaotic. People shouting, tossing melons and bananas across the street to one another, raw meat setting out on dirty counters... It was great.