Category Archives: Iquitos peru

shoe shine stand and balloon vendor

5th
Jul. × ’09
By admin
At the foot of the tallest building (the ten-story, vacant, towering concrete shell of an edifice pictured below) in Iquitos, a man has erected a shoe-shine stand made of painted plywood. With a population of mostly sandal and flip-flop wearing people, the tradition of shoe-shining appears to be mostly lost here.  Like all  vendors in the streets, the man with the shoe-shine stand [...]
Also posted in Peru | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

coconuts para vender

29th
Jun. × ’09
By admin
We bought a bag of freshly husked coconut from this man.  His stand is located deep in the Belen Market, on the edge of the Amazon.  He opens each fruit with a couple whacks of his machete, exposing a trail of milky coconut juice and the white meat of the fruit.
Also posted in Peru | Leave a comment