Serrekunda Market

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This is what it's like to go to Serrekunda Market--and many other West African markets (from my experience at least)...

It's hot. It's humid. You are very sweaty. Hopefully you have sunglasses on. 

It's loud. People talking and buying and selling. People trying to get you to buy from them. And--if you are a couple of white women--a lot of "How are you?" from every other man you pass. 

It smells like trash and sweat and fish. 

There is trash everywhere. And if it rained the night before, piles of wet trash and sludge. 

You can buy almost anything, from food to furniture to clothes to electronics. It's like an outdoor Walmart. Many of the local people do all their shopping here. 

It's exhausting. 

It's an experience. 

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