November 25, 2007
Old Dali City, China

Let the Stalking Begin! Ok its more like me that is being stalked today – by people who are trying to interest us in a mini bus tour, a boat ride or a pony ride.

The Market today – different – its big and full of ethnic minority. Just before you enter the market there is a muslim stall that has whole sides of lamb – inside the market its mostly chicken and fish. There are a lot of Bali people here, dressed in their colorful grabs with plastic baskets worn on their back like a backpack. Lots and lost of vegetables, even at the end of November.

There are these three stalls at the end of the market, The Killing Den, where you can have the live poultry you just purchased killed, plucked and cleaned for you. The people who work there don’t like having their pictures taken.

At the Killing Den, they take the poultry, slit their throat, drop them in a large barrel and let them bleed out inside the barrel. Then they get a quick dip in hot water to help their feathers come off. In less than 5 minutes, the chicken is plucked, gutted and cleaned, and returned to their loving owner in a plastic bag.

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