For Sale by Owner
There are many things for sale on the streets of Baku.
To sell stuff in this city, all you need is a table
To sell stuff in this city, all you need is a table
The whole city is filled with vendors, but you mostly see
this sort of wall-hanging stuff in the pedestrian underpasses and metro-station entrances.
Just about every one of these is jammed with merchandise - the clothing is hung on these
individual manniquin-busts that are, when you see them naked (as I have a few times) truly
disturbing. But the really amazing thing is just how much stuff the vendors put up and take
down on a daily basis.
It does help to have a shop
These stands are all over the place. They get electricity by plugging into wires hanging
along the street. We're not sure if they pay for this or if you can just tap into any wire
hanging on the street. We've seen some of these go up - one day there's a sidewalk, the next
day a donar stand.
but all you really need
is a telephone "booth"
yes, that's shrimp for sale
and no, we never eat it...
Just about anything will do, really
...even a fast-food joint
