Arab Market

Today I went to a huge Arab/African market north of town. I loved it! You could get anything and everything you ever wanted. Most of the stuff was cheap (both in price and in quality) but there were all kinds of fruits and vegetables that you wouldn't find in other areas of town. And the meat....well, let's just say there were plenty of 'delicassies' to be found if you like organs and such.
This woman was selling maize. You don't see it too much in Sudan, but in Kenya and lots of other places there are people all over the streets roasting corn. Everywhere you go you see people walking down the street and snacking on maize. It kills my teeth but everyone else seems to love it.

Anyone in the market for some olives? Who knew there were so many colors and flavors?

This probably sounds horrible but I love the beggars here. They just sit to the side of the road and you can choose to give them money or not. But it's your choice. In Sudan they would follow you around forever, constantly pull on your clothes or purse, even stand in between you and your open car door so that you couldn't drive away unless you gave them something. I constantly struggled trying to not allow my heart to be hardened...I'm not sure I was very successful.