Friday, July 11, 2008

Video of meat market


Sorry about the very poor quality of this video. I hope you bear with it, because it gives a little bit of a sense of one of the most interesting ways to pass the time for an American here, which is to walk through a meat and fish market that operates VERY differently from anything at home. This is late morning when it has quieted down quite a bit. Earlier, you would have trouble navigating through the sides of beef and pig carcasses being hauled on shoulders, wheelbarrows and motorbikes and the buckets full of it being slid around on the path. It was about 95 degrees F when I shot this.

It's shot at Cho Ben Thahn--Ben Thahn Market--which is the largest market in Saigon. The very back end is fruit, flowers, then the meat and fish stalls you see here, and you'll see a quick long shot of the interior where everything else imaginable for home and personal use is sold.

My favorite part of this is about half way through when a fish decides to liberate itself. Can you spot it?

-Robert