devils in trinidad

{Charlotte}

This is the first floor of Chaguanas Market. As Adam has said, in order to get an idea of how other markets are operated, Adam and I did a market tour. On Tuesday, we paid a visit to Chaguanas Market. We met one of the market administrators to know about the operation information. He was such a nice and friendly guy, and he grew more interests in our project as the conversation went on. Chaguanas Market is massive. The two-story market building holds about 400 vendors during weekdays and 800 during weekends. The market is much better organized than Arima market, for all different types of vendors are very separated. Vegetable vendors are on the first floor, and the haberdashery vendors are on the second. The meat vendors are placed in a cold room. The aisles are obviously much wider, and the floor is cleaner. There is no stinky smell in the air. A large parking lot is right beside the market building. However, it has some similar problems as Arima Public Market. There are about 30 to 40 illegal vendors outside the market who extend their stores onto the corridor, which influences the business of the inside legal vendors and leads to their complaints. By visiting Chaguanas Market and comparing its differences with Arima Market, we hope to draw something useful to our work. Later this week, we did more interviews with the customers and vendors. By communicating with those people, we gained more of their opinions.