Market day

Early (early...) this morning I went to the fish market--"Mercado do Peixe"--in the lower city with my mother-in-law. There you can find dozens of vendors selling a variety of fresh fish and seafood, often at great prices. As opposed to many parts of Brazil that have meat-intensive cuisine, Bahia is more well known for its seafood, and going to the fish market helps one to appreciate the amazing, fresh seafood available here. I took my camera along to snap some photos, if only it had a set of fresh batteries! So, plan foiled. BUT, I did snap some photos of my bounty once I arrived home. Honestly, it is a terrible representation of the variety of seafood available--fish, shrimp, lobster, crab, oysters, octopus, squid...but, just to add some visual interest here are a couple of pics:

Shrimp (with head and tail)


Red snapper--to tell it is fresh you look at the clarity of the eyeballs (cloudy eyeballs=not so fresh). My little friends look nice and bright-eyed!


On the way back, I gave my camera one last try and alas, it was able to muster the energy for one fuzzy snapshot of the coconut trucks! We stopped here and picked up a few fresh coconuts for 50 centavos each. They are now chilling in my refrigerator....can't wait to crack those puppies open (I am addicted to coconut water, it's true).



Now...back to bed. *Yaaaaaaaawn*