Its a big city, over 3 million, laid out on a grid with wide avenues called bazaars that are lined with shops. The buildings are mostly pink in this sandy, dusty, noisy and polluted but still charming city.
I wish I enjoyed shopping more. Its interesting looking into the shops, generally they sell one thing – lentils, spices, cloth, rubber tires, even bananas – rather than a selection of stuff. But once you step in they are all over you unwrapping item after item.
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