'Bongoing it up' at the Mercado!

I enjoyed every single second of the symposium and was on a high from the moment I woke each morning, to the moment I fell into bed, often at midnight. One of the many highlights was our trip to the Mercado. I didn't get to do Melanie and Nathalie's workshop, so a group of us took a walk over there.

The indoor market was great for pressies, and we had good fun bongoing it up on the steps outside:

It wasn't my thing for sketching though, so I explored the food markets outside. People were, as always, very friendly and interested. They thought it hilarious when they spotted a friend in one of my sketches.

This man was chopping something. He was quite old, but I was struck by his wonderful muscles! I started him from the front but he moved, so I walked round behind him:

At one point, I snuck into a narrow alley behind the veg stalls. It was quite dark. This man was having his lunch. I asked with gestures if I could draw him. He grinned a 'yes' then posed very still, with his lunch going cold! 

I bit further on a woman was taking a rest with the obligatory sleeping dog under her chair. I could have stayed all day, but it was soon time for lunch and we had to head back: