After a few days of being "holed up" in the house, Joerg and I were pretty to strike out and see a little more of Manokwari, so yesterday and today we went to the market. Selfi, my language helper, has been our guide. Selfi, doesn't know very much english so we learn a lot when we travel with her. I posted previously about some of the food (eating batman and hot dogs), so I thought you would get a kick out of the market. By the way, for those of you who have asked...Joerg did eat the bat brain and one of the eyes but couldn't quite summon the will to finish off the second eye. For me, eating the bat body and bat wings (REALLY chewy) was sufficient.
Chicken anyone? When this picture is full size you can see how many flies are on them.
The market is right on the water...Manokwari is a coastal town. The market is also on the edge of trash heaps everywhere as you can see.
I got a kick out of the "hallelujah" boat.
Lunch. Selfi let me try buying the fish for lunch...I did okay but I had a lot of assistance.
This is a fruit called sri kaya. It actually was pretty good. Joerg and I were a little unsure when Selfi first handed it to us because we thought it was some sort of shrunken artichoke. It looks funny but tasted okay.
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