Cows and Spices and the Best Lassi Ever (take 2)

After meandering around the fort for a few hours it was down to the market. My guide books seemed to suggest that the market wasn’t so much about shopping as it was about the experience and they were right. All around Jodhpur there are a lot of cows and the market was no different. They were just moseying through like they owned the place…which they kind of do…no one is going to kick them out. I took the picture below of cows right at the market entrance; I think it kind of looks like they are talking to one another.
The market was full of stalls selling everything you can imagine; spices, materials, shoes, etc. The spices were either pre-packaged for tourists or like the ones pictured below, just out in the open to be bought by weight for the locals. The shoe guys had something I had never seen before; they were selling flip flops but not put together…you picked out the bottom I guess based on size, and then they would add in the bit that goes between your toes. Customized flip-flops, who knew. And…the best part of the market: we had read that Jodhpur was known for saffron flavored lassis. So we saw a little place which pretty much just served lassis (kind of like a smoothie shop back home…except here I had a 10 year old serving me…and yes we gave him a tip) and got a saffron lassi and…yummmm! Very different from the lassi in Amristar but just awesome. If I had to choose between both I don’t know which I would choose.
All in all an awesome day of sightseeing in Jodphur.