Today I had quite the experience. My roommate, Ana from Guatemala, invited me to go to a Korean market with her and some friends. She said there were cheaper things at the market than what I would find in the department stores. So, Keely and I decided to tag along. It was myself, Keely, Ana, Kehk (from Laos), Vuthea (from Cambodia), and Joan (from France)! We were quite the group :)
We all took the bus from Korea University straight to the market. It was my first time riding a bus in Seoul but it was only three short stops away. There were so many sights and smells to take in, both good and bad! Kehk (from Laos) could not stop laughing at me because apparently I was "special sight to see" at the market since I am American, light skinned, and have lighter brown hair. Vendors would be speaking in Korean and then suddenly switch to some English just to say "hi" and wave to me. It was entertaining none-the-less. One man even saw that I had a camera so he wanted to take a picture linking arms with me! Too funny!
So, Kehk was our tour guide and she really knew her way around. I would have been so lost going to this market by myself! She is quite good at bartering, too! I saw many familiar products and many products that I had no clue what they could possibly be! It just shows you that a simple grocery store in the US is a small taste of what the world has to offer! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the market today...
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| Market entrance |
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| Small booths and crowded walkways |
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| Tons of green veggies |
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| More grains than you can imagine |
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| Bowls of small dried fish |
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| Sad :( These rays were for sale for people to eat... |
As you can see, there are many delicious things that they sell and many not so delicious things (they also sell dog :( but we did not want to see that). I ended up buying a bunch of bananas (₩ 1,000), 4 apples (₩ 2,000), 4 sweet green peppers (₩ 2,000), and a bunch of green grapes (₩ 3,000). Instead of spending an insane amount for these at Home Plus or Lotte Mart, I only spent ₩ 8,000 or the equivalent of about $8. I was pretty happy about that :) I would call this day not only a success but a great event to have experienced!
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3 comments:
You were right the rays do not look very good to eat....yuck!!
I figured out how to post now i need to write my name at the end.......MOM!!
Sounds like a fun and successful trip to the Korean market!
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