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| veggies for sale |
Our last week in Indonesia was spent on the Island of Lombok. I'm posting some of my favorite photos from the local markets, which were (as always) a very sensory experience. The sights and smells are something that are almost overwhelming to a Westerner, but this is the way the average Indonesia eats. Many do not have refrigeration, so they purchase food and eat the perishables within a day or two. Eggs do not have to be refrigerated and most cannot afford to buy milk all that often. It's easy to buy produce every day or two and no doubt some of them grow their own.
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| busy Lombok market |
Everywhere we visited in Indonesia was trash strewn and dirty. Lombok was no different. Wild dogs wander the markets and eat garbage that is lying in the streets. Flies cover raw meat as it is laid out on tables to be sold. Most of the market workers are women. I suppose their husbands are working in the fields while the women try to sell their produce in the markets. You will see a lot of raw fish, chicken and even beef in the open air markets, along with tofu, rice and vegetables. I would imagine these women are very tired by the end of the day.
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| fresh fish for sale |
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| local fishermen's wives? |
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| chicken for sale (flies come free) |
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| colorful produce |
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| market vendor with an attitude (few Muslim women smoke in public) |
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| mother and son selling tahu (tofu) |
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| market duty |
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| an (albeit tiny) entire chicken on a stick |
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| bucket o' fish |
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| had your greens today? |
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| another day, another rupiah |
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| loved this pair! |
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| tahu sale |
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| little girl with bird eggs |
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