Cattle Market

Today's adventure led us through a cattle market. Young goats and old cows, bulls with horns, skinny animals and fattened ones, all in a crazy, crowded, mooing jumble.

Next weekend is Eid Al Adah, a Muslim holiday that features animal sacrifice. "The streets will be running with blood," our companions told us. 

Today we saw not only some of the doomed animals — but also the knives that will be used to slaughter them.

Other cultures, other customs. All I know is that when I sidled through that teeming cattle market, dodging dung and kicks ... I've never felt so far away from home.