The Market in Battambang, Cambodia- June 2012

The day after I went up the mountain to the Killing Caves outside Battambang, I was able to visit the Battambang market with a kind woman from the Green Mango Cafe & Bakery on her daily market run.  She has a very efficient system to her market run, which includes visiting regular vendors who she knows and having the Tuk Tuk driver appropriately parked and ready to come assist in retrieving the good when they’re ready.  She has friends with whom she leaves some of her buys to pick up on the way out, so she doesn’t have to carry everything around with her.  I appreciated her willingness to slow down a bit so I could capture some of the many sights of the market with my camera.  Please note that if you don’t enjoy the sight of raw meat, you may not want to proceed to some of the final photos… don’t say I didn’t warn you!  🙂

First, a photo of the lovely, kind woman who took me to the mountain and allowed me to tag along with her at the market the next day:

my wonderful market guide

This is where the Tuk Tuk driver dropped us off.

I have no idea how she sat there by the grill with long sleeves on in the Cambodian heat.

Yes, I believe those are yellow chickens… and yes, I wish that the pajamas as normal day wear trend would reach the U.S.

I love tropical fruit.

Buddhists monks walk around in the mornings asking for donations for the temple.

I can’t remember what these are… i think it might be some kind of fish paste? Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

They sell everything in those markets!

A meat section… not exactly the USA supermarket meat department!

Yes, I did take a photo of the pig heads and I posted it here… just want you to get the full experience like I did!

And finally we picked up a treat for the girls at the restaurant- fried bananas.