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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Kuching Market

The Kuching market was hot and smelly, but at the same time colourful and intriguing. My dad-in-law took me and my friend Kong for a walk around the market one hot morning . . . 



We passed the wet market first and it was way too smelly for Lauren!





By this time I was carrying Lauren around as it was too smelly and she had "no energy" as she lamented!





"Ikan bilis" - tiny fish which you fry until they are crispy and delicious!


A selection of newspapers at Kuching market


These strange things are coconut stalks; quite tasteless to me





A fine selection of chilis


Handing over the change . . .


A red juicy fruit named "jambu air"


More bags of my favourite "ikan bilis" or, anchovies












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8 comments:

  1. Fidelia Sawai HorneOctober 26, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    Too bad my dad couldn't stay longer to look for my sago worms... hmm.. maybe Lauren should have stayed with me at home... LOL

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  2. LeoviOctober 26, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    Very nice all. Fabulous series, I like the street markets and this has much charm.

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  3. Traveling HawkOctober 27, 2011 at 1:57 AM

    Whenever I travel, I love to visit the local markets! Your presentation is very nice. Wouldn't be nice if you will present us the exotic fruits we do not know in Europe?

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  4. Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerOctober 27, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    Fie, Lauren should have stayed at home, that's what I advised all along! It was just too much for her..

    Leovi, thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

    Traveling Hawk, yes I would love to present more to you all. On that occasion I was carrying Lauren in one arm, camera in the other hand, and it was terribly hot and sweaty, so we were rushing to get out of there!

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  5. ordinary malaysianOctober 30, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    I had problem loading the pictures the other day, so I gave up. Beautiful series of pictures of the market. Very colourful and a good depiction of the market.

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  6. Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerOctober 30, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    ordinary malaysian, thanks a lot, it was fun photographing such an interesting scene!

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  7. LindyLouMacNovember 2, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    Hi Duncan I am catching up with my blogging friends and you welcomed me home by making me feel homesick for Asia already with your posts! I love visiting markets and will be sharing some of my photos soon.

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  8. Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerNovember 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Thanks for your visit Linda! So glad you enjoyed your visit here and I look forward to seeing some of your photos :)

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