Feeling Crabby

Since the rural jungle thing didn't pan out this weekend, I decided to hit its urban cousin in full force and headed to Centro and the São José market. Centro is a swirling mix of narrow streets, bustling shops and sidewalk stalls [you can forget about walking on the sidewalks there!], thronging masses of civilisation, colonial churches, and the chance to purchase anything that you ever imagined existed and then some. It truly is the Urban Jungle. And well worth the experience! The guy in the picture was selling live crabs, some of which were strung together kind of like a garlic braid, and some of which had their little claws held shut with leaves. Taste differences aside, personally, I think that I would go for the claws-shut variety!