{"id":3508,"date":"2021-01-27T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2021-01-27T15:08:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:08:06","slug":"gallery-a-morning-at-serekunda-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/gallery-a-morning-at-serekunda-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: a morning at Serekunda Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Weaving his way expertly between the throngs of sellers and buyers, our driver and new friend Habib led us deep into the heart of the market. The place was so packed it was hard to make progress at times, especially with the occasional car or bush taxi trying to squeeze through the crowds, and the many porters with their wheelbarrows shouting at everyone to make way.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who doesn\u2019t love a good market? A market can tell you so much about a country: its cuisine, its people, its way of life. It’s the perfect location for a spot of street photography too. And in The Gambia, Serekunda Market is the place to go. It is the largest in the country and a wonderful, if sometimes overwhelming, insight into local life away from the beach resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Serekunda Market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We were very pleased to have Habib\u2019s company here, as I’m not at all sure we would have found our way around this maze of lanes on our own, and we would certainly have attracted more attention, more hassle, and found it harder to take photos. As it was, most people were comfortable with our presence and our cameras and the few that complained, we stopped photographing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market takes place all day and every day. Few Gambian homes have freezers, and with frequent power cuts the fridge cannot be relied on to keep food fresh, so the women (and it is still always the women) shop daily for fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, fish etc.<\/p>\n\n\n