Souk is the most exciting thing that happens in my town. It is a weekly market where you can buy just about anything from a live turkey to a pair of khakis.
Souk day here is on Thursday. The day of souk varies for different towns so that vendors can coordinate when they go where. Small towns like mine become known for their souk day. When I tell a Moroccan where I live, a lot of time they will say, "Oh yeah you guys have souk on Thursday." Obviously souk is great for buying stuff but I also really enjoy just walking around. People come in to souk from tiny rural villages even more remote than here. Everyone is shopping and haggling and generally just enjoying the excitement. It reminds me of a county fair.
Today at souk I had this delicious fried fish lunch. There are several tents that set up at the souk where you can have lunch, but for some reason they all just sell fish. I am not sure why this is, maybe because fish is otherwise not available here unless it's in a can. I also bought some plastic to cover my leaky roof, a pair of pants, a set of plastic shelves for my kitchen, and two kilos of clementines (which are cheap, plentiful and delicious here).So you see you can get just about anything at souk, it's almost like Wal-Mart pulls into town once a week... almost (there is no peanut butter).
Don't worry, pnut butter is killing folks in the states. Where are the trees? Is wood hard to find?
ReplyDeleteAren't many trees right around here since it is really rocky. There is a national forest not far away and people go there and illegally cut fire wood, but it is hard to buy from them. I get my firewood from a lumber mill nearby that sells its scraps.
ReplyDeleteWell, now . . .souk sounds like my kind of fun!Do they cook the fish right there? Wonder where they get it! Do they sell jewelry, books, groceries, dishes--ALL of that? Just like Walmart for real? :) Hope you get your roof fixed! aunt carol
ReplyDeleteReid, only you could manage to make a Wal-Mart reference in a Peace Corps blog!!
ReplyDelete