I never got a chance to photograph the historic landmark that was the Fulton Fish Market on the East River in Lower Manhattan, a short walk from Brooklyn Bridge. The market moved to its current location at Hunts Point in the Bronx in November 2005, when I was just discovering photography. While visiting my family in NYC last week, I decided to remedy this situation and […]
Nora and I were closing the week-long Quilotoa loop, a gorgeous hike in Ecuador around the Rio Toachi Canyon. We timed it so we would end up in Isinlivi a day or two before the Thursday animal market in Saquisili. Located off the Pan-American Highway, Saquisili is a 25-minute drive from Latacunga. Since arriving in Ecuador, I became hooked on weekly markets in towns along our way. Dynamic,
Busan (formerly, Pusan), South Korea’s second largest city, is known for many things. It is Korea’s largest port city, the country’s commerce hub. It is a busy and popular beach, also Korea’s largest. Of Korea’s largest cities, it’s also nearest to Japan. My interests in Busan were slightly less touristy – I wanted to see an old graduate school friend and explore the famed Jagalchi Market. The Jagalchi Fish
“Like every other tourist in Ecuador, we went to Otavalo. Otavalo, two hours north of Quito, nestles in a densely populated, fertile farming region of lakes and volcanoes whose slopes are parcelled up into patchworks of green fields. The town itself is famous for its market. Traders come from all over South America, peddling every conceivable tourist handicraft…”´ “Saturday was market day in Otavalo. In