Street markets ...

I feel a somewhat bewitching fascination about street markets ... I haven't yet been able to identify ...

Could it be the exuberance of the colourful woven fabrics?... 

San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico 2010; Chichicastenango, Guatemala in 2008 (right)

The intense and often dizying smells filling in the air?...

Almolonga, Guatemala in 2008 (left); Merida, Mexico 2010 (right)

The criative and almost "artistic" ways in which the variety of products are being displayed?...

Assomada, Cape Verde in 2009 (Left); San Francisco el Alto, Guatemala in 2008 (right)

The expressions ... and the echoing pitch voice cries of the vendors?...

The exquisite products being sold?...

Assomada, Cape Verde 2009 (left); Sucupira, Praia-Cape Verde 2010 (right)

I simply can't resist that "intriguing" bustle ... and the more markets I visit (with the typical enthusiasm of a collector) the more I like them ... whether they are just down the road from my home or thousands of kilometres away ...