Wednesday, June 06, 2012


El Mercado Jamaica:

In addition to being a normal mercado selling everything from fruit and vegetables, meat of all types, household goodies to magical curative herbs and sachets to help with just about every problem imaginable, el Mercado Jamaica is also the city's wholesale flower market. Here you can find all varieties of beautiful flowers, armloads of gaudy gladiolas, orchids, buckets full of multicoloured roses and you can even but rose petals by the kilo. There are lilies, babies breath, piles of greenery to be mixed with the flowers and the fragrance is wonderful.
In addition to the bunches of flowers you can also find all types of flower arrangements, from the sombre wreaths to the gaudy animal posies and even some containing bowls with live goldfish. I noticed that many of the flower sellers seemed to be men, and many were young men who got a little techy with me taking photos. They communicated ahead with whistles  and many didn't want their arrangements photographed -  fair enough I guess.
Goldfish anyone?
Rose petals by the kilo



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