To market, to market, to buy a fat pig (or some fruit and vegetables)

So we went to the Quito market to buy fruits and vegetables. We can only do this when we have an Ecuadorian along because if we, as 'gringos', try to buy things here, they jack up the prices for us, and it no longer becomes worth it to buy here instead of at the supermarket. 

First view inside the market

A local delivery truck

Sweet corn is very rarely seen here. This is the corn you usually see on your plate here.

Herbs and spices

A flower stand. I'm still a little amazed that the quality of flowers is so poor here. Not that it's awful, but I expected to see better quality than what is imported into Canada, but I'm told they export the best quality flowers, so what you see here are usually seconds.

Typical meat stand. All that meat just hanging out in the air for the flies.

Cow hoof. When the kids here saw this picture they licked their lips and said 'yum'. I doubt that same reaction is going to happen in Canada haha.

Cow snout. This the kids thought was delicious ;)

Cow stomach. Not exactly sure how they prepare this. I'm hoping to never find it on my plate though.

This place kind of smelt bad.

Not exactly sure what kind of fish this is, but it's large! They just hack off a hunk for you.

All sorts of eggs and fowl. 

Hope you enjoyed this short tour. It was a great experience for me.