Five Feet, Nine Inches Above Ground

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Day 4 Market in Olhao

Jet-lag and general over-all fatigue have caught up with this intrepid blogger. However, the enticements of a local Saturday market drew me into a journey with Randy and Gwen to Olhao. I thought we were going to a gypsy market – that’s actually on Sunday in another town. This was an amazing market, just the same. the fish market was a complete entity on its own and served to emphasize the importance of the industry economically and socially.

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The Olhao waterfront, next to the market , provides a safe harbour for local fishing vessels.

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A glorious eucalytus tree near the market.

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Good advice for living and cycling.
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Follow the leader…
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Some of the catch of the day.
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The smells and colours of the fish market are vivid.
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Eel anyone?
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More seafood delights.
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Not sure what this was all about…
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Razor clams.
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Shell fish on the “hoof”.
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More boats in the harbour.
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The park next to Olhao harbour.
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Dinner at Dinnis’ – honey chicken was the daily special.
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Randy, my dinner partner at Dinnis. Unfortunately, Marc was feeling under the weather and stayed home.

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One response to “Day 4 Market in Olhao”

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    JoAnn

    Oh dear, some of that seafood had me thinking… “eek!!” I know they like to leave the heads on the fish when cooking and presenting it on your plate but I’d have to get someone to swiftly chop it off for me if I were going to eat the rest! LOL

    That would be a big NO THANKS on the eel for me.

    It’s bad I know but I have to push aside the fact that I’m eating living creatures these days, so when I see them in their whole form… yeah that’s just not appealing to me at all.

    Looks like it was a beautiful day there and did I hear something about you out sunning by the pool??? Lord have mercy I only wish we had that option here in Ontario right now. Here we would be skating ON the pool.

    Looking forward to more beautiful pictures and comments.

    xoxox

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