The market is a fascinating place to spend some time. There are colorful fruits and veggies, clothes and shoes of all types and sizes, an array of plastic items, school supplies, wiggling crabs and dried fish....anything and everything you can imagine.
The smells of delicious foods mingle with the fish odors and the garbage and sewage smells.
Loud music is blaring on every corner and this time of year there are trucks loaded with speakers blasting political campaign messages roaming the streets. In the meat market there are more dogs than people, hoping for a morsel to drop to the floor. Everyone seems to be an entrepreneur in El Salvador. The vendors are two and three deep along the streets and sidewalks.
You might find a strolling minstral who will play you an impassioned song for a handful of change.
It might all look very festive and fun.....but you don't want to look too carefully. You might see poverty and despair that will break your heart.
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