We walked around the so-called "five-day market." It was called that because it operated every fifth day. On the other days, markets operated in other nearby villages. That system seemed odd to me but that's how our local guide said that they did it. On another note, this market is in the Muslim area of Porto-Novo.

The first photo is here as a point of explanation. This is the neighborhood of the Great Mosque and the five-day market. We were not scheduled to visit the five-day market. Our regular guide just sort of moved us along through the market but it seemed like he was stalling as we passed along. You can see our local guide in the photo below. You might notice his phone in his right hand. He later put it in his pocket where a pick-pocket eventually stole it from him. It was a guy that had followed us from the street side restaurant. The thief had approached me several times and each time I told him to go eat his lunch, which he was carrying with him. Eventually, he stole our local guide's phone. Our regular guide took us through the market while our local guide hired some other local people to track down his phone, which he eventually did, at what cost I don't know.

The first three photos below of the market are self-explanatory. It was a local market and not very unusual.

My only comment on the next photo is that, again, this person objected to my taking this photo. It was difficult to gauge people. Our guides only told us that we needed to ask the person's permission to take very closeup photos, specifically of that person. I never took any closeups and only tried to get the whole store in the photo.

I have one comment on the last photo. Remember that this is the Muslim section of Porto-Novo but here we see a liquor store that was well provisioned.