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Guangzhou’s Weird & Wonderful Markets

by Jessica Marsden on April 21, 2010

Last week’s visit to Guangzhou was not all work and no play. The conference included one day of specialized tours of Guangzhou, which for me meant a trip to two of Guangzhou’s fascinating specialty markets. The first, informally known as the Pets Market, was a veritable zoo of small animals. We walked directly into the [...]

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Snapshot: Bac Ha Sunday Market, Vietnam

by Jessica Marsden on March 26, 2010

Sometimes, traveling shows us cultures that are different — at times, wildly so — from our own. But at other times, it can remind us of just how much we do have in common with seemingly distant cultures. Watching these women examine skirts at the Sunday Market in Bac Ha, Vietnam, I was reminded of [...]

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To market, to market

by Jessica Marsden on July 16, 2009

One of my favorite things to do in a new city is to check out the grocery store or outdoor market — wherever the locals shop. I’m not interested in the touristified market packed with overpriced “delicacies.” In Bergen, Norway, the fish market now sells (admittedly delicious) smoked salmon for roughly four times the price [...]

Tagged as: food, markets, travel style

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