Photohunt: Public
Mercado Central – Santiago Chile
This week’s Photohunt theme is public. I decided to go to a country that I haven’t posted much about – Chile. We visited the long thin country in 2003. We did a lot of flying. We started in Santiago, then flew to the far north near Peru, then to the Lake district and finally ended with a 4 day trek in Patagonia. Loved it. It is a great place to visit.
The picture above is from the Mercado Central. It is the public market in Santiago. It is a large open building with the sellers ringing the outside. The inside is a huge group of restaurants specializing in seafood. All of the restaurants are out in the open – it is like eating in public. Beautiful and tasty.
Here are a few more pictures of some public places.
Public transportation – Metro – in Santiago. We were there just before Lord of the Rings (El Senor de los Anillos) was released
Public boulevard – Avenida Providencia
Public highway – waiting to pay the toll on Ruta 5 – Pan American Highway
Public Market in Valdivia
Love all your photos. Mercados are always great and interesting photo subjects.
I love that last one with all the colors. I’d love ot visit Chile someday—with my kids because they speak Spanish!
fantastic photos–love the mercado central, we have a similar place here. and the public market–beautiful colors!
Hi Marta, great photo collection of public places found in Chile. Wonderful take on this week’s theme. I would love to see more of your photos there.
Have a wonderful weekend.
what a wonderful collection of public photos. Beautiful!
Very interesting photos. I didn’t know you’d been to Chile. I love visiting public markets when I travel. Have a great weekend.
Great take on the theme. I love all of these shots and the last one of the public market with all that beautiful fresh produce has my mouth watering.
Great pics! The market looks so colourful! 🙂
Happy photo hunting!
I must say visiting fellow Photo Hunters this week has made me think, yes I could have posted a photo of this or that for this theme. What a lot of things fall under the category.
Happy weekend to you.
A great selection of photos. Love market pics. South America is a continent I would love to visit.
great choices for the theme. i enjoy visiting public markets too. they are fun to stroll around and check out all the goodies.
Very interesting photos. Public market is what I really like to go to than grocery store ^_^
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Love your photos of the market place in Chile, so full of color. I would love to visit there one day. I must comment on your photos of the carrots, they are amazing, and I really loved all you pics of Seattle too, even living here, I learned something new!!! Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
I just LOVE markets! You have been to some great places!
All great photos for the theme. The top one is especially interesting.
For some reason I could smell fresh tropical fruit when looking at your photos–I guess memories of Latin American market. The Public Boulevard looks like some of the ones we saw in Buenos Aires.