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I took this at night in the Medina in Fès, Morocco. This is the kind of "Pile it high...sell anything" shop that used to exist in dear old Blighty in what is now a bygone age. Everything from spices to bleach...who could ask for more?
Navigating the Medina in Fès is an adventure in itself. You should have one of the following:
a) A very good sense of direction
b) A reliable local guide
c) A GPS system
d) A very big ball of string to unravel behind you
You could easily get lost and wander for weeks if you're not careful. It's vast in scale and a veritable labyrinth.
It's shots like this which remind me why I love my Canon EOS-5D. Its performance in low light conditions is astounding. This was taken at 1600 ISO, but I get very little noise even when I go to 3200 ISO. :-)
Chor Bazaar (also called Bhendi Bazaar) in South Mumbai is one of the largest flea markets in India. The word Chor means "thief" in Hindi-Urdu. Chor bazar is Mumbai's famous Thieves Market where bargain-hungry tourists rummage for Ming vases and Muranos at throwaway prices. The main avenue is Mutton Street, flanked by rows of little antique shops that look like musty attics and sell just about anything at bargain prices from old ship parts, grandfather clocks, gramophones, to crystal chandeliers and old English tea sets antiques at throwaway prices, including colonial-era lamps, Art Deco clocks and trinkets of every kind. A store called Mini Market also offers old Bollywood posters for sale. Others offer authentic Victorian furniture, wonderful for browsers, antiquarians and restorers. Although bargains are sometimes staggering, most of the shop owners are pretty street smart and haggling is considered mandatory. This area can be considered one of the tourist attractions of Mumbai.
This is basically an "organized" flea market, where one has to rummage through junk and hopefully find treasures. The reason it is known as "thief's market", is because it assumed that goods sold there are stolen. Chor Bazaar is off the beaten path, but everyone knows about it. It is basically a maze of alleys.
Most of proper shops are closed on Friday as this area is in the heartland of one of the largest Muslim populations in Mumbai. There's a saying about this area, if you lose anything in Mumbai you can buy it back from the "chor bazaar". It has been mentioned in popular novels like Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey as "not a nice place".
It's mostly a place for tourists to shop with store after store selling scarves, jewelry, tea, and souvenirs, but there's still lots to see (and buy!) and you will get lost!
Spice Bazaar or Egyptian Bazaar (or Misir Carsisi in Turkish) is one of the oldest and most important covered markets of Istanbul. Goods from Egypt used to be sold here. In the picture spices, dried nuts, sea sponges are sold in this store of Spice Bazaar
The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapaliçarsi, meaning ‘Covered Bazaar’; also Büyük Çarsi, meaning ‘Grand Bazaar’) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.
The construction of the future Grand Bazaar's core started during the winter of 1455/56, shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. Sultan Mehmet II had an edifice erected devoted to the trading of textiles. It was named Cevâhir Bedestan (‘Bedesten of Gems’) and was also known as Bezzâzistan-i Cedîd (‘New Bedesten’) in Ottoman Turkish. The word bedesten is adapted from the Persian word bezestan, derived from bez ("cloth"), and means "bazaar of the cloth sellers". The building – named alternately in Turkish Iç (‘Internal’’), Atik (‘Ancien’), or Eski (‘Old’) Bedesten – lies on the slope of the third hill of Istanbul, between the ancient Fora of Constantine and of Theodosius. It was also near the first sultan's palace, the Old Palace (Eski Sarayi), which was also in construction in those same years, and not far from the Artopoléia (??t?p??e?a) quarter, a location already occupied in Byzantine times by the bakers.
The construction of the Bedesten ended in the winter of 1460/61, and the building was endowed to the waqf of the Aya Sofya Mosque. Analysis of the brickwork shows that most of the structure originates from the second half of the 15th century, although a Byzantine relief representing a Comnenian eagle, still enclosed on the top of the East Gate (Kuyumcular Kapisi) of the Bedesten has been used by several scholars as proof that the edifice was a Byzantine structure.
Chor Bazaar (also called Bhendi Bazaar) in South Mumbai is one of the largest flea markets in India. The word Chor means "thief" in Hindi-Urdu. Chor bazar is Mumbai's famous Thieves Market where bargain-hungry tourists rummage for Ming vases and Muranos at throwaway prices. The main avenue is Mutton Street, flanked by rows of little antique shops that look like musty attics and sell just about anything at bargain prices from old ship parts, grandfather clocks, gramophones, to crystal chandeliers and old English tea sets antiques at throwaway prices, including colonial-era lamps, Art Deco clocks and trinkets of every kind. A store called Mini Market also offers old Bollywood posters for sale. Others offer authentic Victorian furniture, wonderful for browsers, antiquarians and restorers. Although bargains are sometimes staggering, most of the shop owners are pretty street smart and haggling is considered mandatory. This area can be considered one of the tourist attractions of Mumbai.
This is basically an "organized" flea market, where one has to rummage through junk and hopefully find treasures. The reason it is known as "thief's market", is because it assumed that goods sold there are stolen. Chor Bazaar is off the beaten path, but everyone knows about it. It is basically a maze of alleys.
Most of proper shops are closed on Friday as this area is in the heartland of one of the largest Muslim populations in Mumbai. There's a saying about this area, if you lose anything in Mumbai you can buy it back from the "chor bazaar". It has been mentioned in popular novels like Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey as "not a nice place".
World Bazaar
Tokyo Disneyland
World Bazaar is Tokyo Disneyland's version of the familiar Main Street in Disneyland-style parks the world over. Legend has it that Tokyo Disneyland was going to get something more akin to a mini World Showcase rather than a Main Street (World Showcase being under construction at the time Tokyo Disneyland was being developed) as it was thought to have a better appeal in Japan than Main Street's distinct Americana. Late in the game they scrapped the plan, deciding a traditional Main Street was integral to Disneyland's identity, and so the plans reverted to a more traditional Main Street aesthetic but the World Bazaar name struck.
World Bazaar isn't quite a Main Street clone, however, as World Bazaar seems to be bit more eclectic in it's design and time period. The "world" feel is still present with many distinctly non turn-of-the-century-America restaurants located there. Even the American locales, like an American diner, aren't things you find on the other Main Streets. The overall feel is one of a Main Street a bit further along than the turn of the century, and one where some Asian immigrants had assimilated into town.
World Bazzar features no Train Station: that aesthetic detail being served by the monorail station sitting just outside the park gates. World Bazaar's "reveal" is instead accomplished via the second story of storefronts which guest travel underneath as they enter the park. Much of the space in World Bazaar is devoted to restaurants: there are three table service restaurants (Restaurant Hokasai, Eastside Cafe, and Center Street Coffeehouse). Actually there are four restaurants here if you count Club 33, which is located on the 2nd story of World Bazaar.
World Bazaar features a Center Street like other Main Streets, but this one is actually functional, with the left side serving as a shortcut to Adventureland and the right side as a shortcut to Tomorrowland. This is quite useful as Tokyo Disneyland is massive, larger than the pre-expansion Magic Kingdom. This photo is showing maybe the last one third of World Bazaar, with Center Street just behind the camera.
Finally, and most noticeably, World Bazaar features a glass roof to shield it from Japan's rather frequent storms. It creates a distinct feeling, amplifying the sound within and creating a half-indoor, half-outdoor sensibility.
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Hazer Baba Turkish Delight, established in 1986.
Turkish delight in Turkey is really a delight to savour. They are not as sweet as the ones we get in Sydney.
Spice Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey (Friday 31 October 2014)