December 2, 2007
Gynatse
Strolled over to the market after a morning of instant coffee. Its amazing how in times of need, what was not acceptable in any other circumstances (instant coffee) is suddenly a life line that you cannot do without!
The market is 50 yards from the hotel, not suprising since the entire town only has one stop light. I walk in, and I am in LOVE all over again! First time in my life, I see these carcass that are sitting upright as if they were dogs. They have their heads taken off, gutted and skinned and not a bit gross cause its so cold. There are dogs everywhere, nawing on bones and what scraps that falls off the table. This market has its own system of what is sold where. The pork is along the wall on one side, with vegetables in the middle and the yak is on the opposite side of the pork tables. Lamb was at the end of the market and there is very little poultry and fish which were actually outside the main building.
The sight of an entire side of pork, yak or an entire lamb, WOW! Its amazing and you really get good grasp of each animal’s proportion. Its even stranger as the day goes on and we are driving through the country side seeing pigs, yaks and goats, endless amount of goats roaming about. I can’t help but see the pigs and goats as headless carcass or a single side of pork instead. SURREAL!
