I know I’m beaking all the rules of blogging by coming up with something every week. The first rule of blogging is for an update blog. However, I think I flow with the nature of things and the essence of Honiara is that nothing is really ever on time. In a way it defines the whole atmosphere of things- unpredictable. Like the central market. I enjoy going there on saturday. Saturday in Honiara is known as market day. The crowd, the goods , sellers, buyers and those just hanging around there doing nothing or looking for troubles. Often my inspiration is in the spirit of the sellers, arriveing at the market to find their space often around 4 am in the morning and going around their business of making their products look attractive, discussing market prices and finding small narrow comfortable spaces to catch a few sleep before business starts at the break of dawn when the market open its iron gate. Today feeling a bit down in the morning I went to get some fresh fruits and flowers at the market. Here are some colourful photos for you from Honiara central Market.
Ripe local mangoes in heap
Local coconut brooms. Made in Solomon Islands
crowds & goods everywhere
Delicious melons on display
Fresh green capsicum pepper on displayMy favorite water lilies. These are usually picked straight from running streams and not commercial flower farms.
Varieities of bananas, green, yellow and orange
Flower sellers section of the market. Most of these women grow flowers in their backyards and then sell them every saturday morning. Colour ful and spiritually uplifting.
