Something slightly different today. We went for a walk down by the docks and markets Saturday morning. So I thought I would give a little tour for you all. The area is called Ver-o-Peso which translates to "check the weight"

First just to keep a bit of the railway interest, I think this is where an old turntable would of been. The walk way there is edged in lightweight flat bottom rail. I am not sure but it is at the end of the old rubber warehouses. I will try and find out, they certainly had rail mounted cranes.

Yours trully by the river with market to the other side. Yes this is a river at the estuary you cannot see the other side. The sea is about 100 miles away by road. It is tidal here but there is only a few feet rise and fall.

Here are a few of the things in the market. The first are baskets of Brazil nuts. Here they are called Para nuts, named after the state here. The nuts fall from the tree in an outer shell about the size of a large orange. Hence why they are shaped like segments of an orange.

The next is Papaya, which I have for breakfast most days. As you may notice they are only a few Real, there are about 3 Real to a pound. Before I left the UK I think I was paying about £1 each for them and now know how differently they taste.

The next is a flour made from a tuber which is called cassava in the UK, which is eaten here with most meals in one form or another.

Next is the old Portugese weigh house and tax office for the market, now just used as a tourist vantage point. A lovely building that like a lot of collonial buildings is being neglected.

The next is the Municiple Market. Built by the British in the days of the rubber industry here. Inside are lovely cast iron stalls selling mostly meat.

Now we come to the Fish Market which is housed in a strange building. It seems to be constructed from cast iron and corrigated iron. I have included a few photos of some of the fish for sale. The large catfish and the pinky ones look fine, but I am unsure about the black ones which are very pink almost orange inside. I will have to get some when the house is done and see how they taste.

Well I hope you liked this little tour. I will add some more next time I think we are somewhere of interest.