West bank luxor egypt: Luxor market part 2

I love going to the locals market that is held every Tuesday it starts at first light about 5.30, today I overslept and went to market at 9.00 .the market is maybe 1000 yards from my flat taking the back alley not a place the normal visitor goes through I go this route as there is no hassle just the odd good morning and welcome to luxor from the locals who have not seen the stranger in town, once getting out of the ally I am on the main street that carries traffic traveling from the city centre. Luxor is a city where all travel by local mini bus (Sheroots) so even if locals have cars they prefer to get about by bus mainly because of parking, if you can find a space, that a taxi or motorbike is not using. once I have crossed the road dodging all the buses. I have a short walk to the railway level crossing I had to go over the railway foot bridge as the barrier is down over the railway line crossing.
most locals would prefer to stand in the traffic jam at the crossing than walk a few more yards over the foot bridge and come to think of it I have never seen another person use this bridge? From the bridge there is a good view of the market and the station.

The locals train travels from Cairo to Aswan and takes 24 hours sometimes, because it stops at every station en-route, this one train was 30 carriages,
the train runs on the hour every hour. tourist trains run twice a day 9.30 Am to Aswan and 10.30 Pm to Cairo known as the sleeping train only these two trains have 1st &2nd class compartments and 4 sleeper carriages. and are pretty expensive to travel on I can fly egyptair cheaper than the sleeper. that takes 12/14 hours to get to Cairo by plane 45 mins, plus 1 hour boarding wait time.

Nuts and a nut seller, one of the things the Egyptians like is nuts and eat them by the ton.

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Turkeys of all size and age are on the market today.

Muskovy and aylsbury ducks and ducklings

these two ladies just having a weekly banter

Fresh fruit and veg always on sale here summer and winter

Water melons Not my favorite fruit always turn my tummy, could be because of the water they are fed. these are not as big as what they usually are

Peppers and chilly peppers. obragine cucumbers

carrots

fresh buffalo cheese

fresh butter

and a bag to carry it on your head home . the other thing I did notice today was all the hand made date palm hand made brushes one pile near the lady and one in the front.

Nile fish so I was told must have been caught quite local as its eyes where still glazed mine must have been too by the focus on the shot.
are maybe I was to in awe of the size of this Nile fish

and two smaller ones with some tiny nile fish this is what the locals prefer me too.
they are also the fish the herons and Pied kingfishers eat, see http://egyptswildlife2.blogspot.com/