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Port Louis, Flacq, Mahebourg, village fairs
How to eat a market
Editorial interpretationStand, watch, join a queue that contains people who seem to have jobs. Buy a cooked item, then fruit, then a condiment if you have a fridge. Do not start at the craft door. Do not buy spice kits from the greeter. Confirm market day for Flacq and village fairs — they move in practice even when blogs freeze them. Sunday can be excellent in some towns and dead in the capital. Carry coins and small notes. Eat with your eyes on your bag.
One cooked snack, one drink, one fruit. Then stop before the suitcase problem.
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