Visiting a market is always one of my favorite tour stops and our visit to the Green Market in Almaty was no exception. They had fermented mare’s milk, fermented camel’s milk, and fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice for starters. They had plov which is a fried rice dish with vegetables and meat, Korean salads, and whatever else you wanted to drink, eat, or buy.

I love the first photo. For all of you who follow my travel blog, you probably expected a photo like the first one. I didn’t buy a head but they looked good and a few looked like they were smiling.

The cheese sellers are always another favorite of mine like in the second photo. Buy as much or as little as you want to buy.

The fruits looked great and they used interesting stacking techniques which I suppose is “marketing”.

They had as much if not more dried fruits than fresh fruits and also nuts and seeds for sale.

Each type of meat had its own section, along with signs that indicated the animal. This was the section for horse meat. That’s not a surprise for a nomadic culture.