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Inside One of Colombia’s Wildest Food Markets

The Mercado de Bazurto may be a chef’s dream, but it takes street smarts to navigate.

Nikki Vargas
Aug 9, 2017 · 4 min read
© Nikki Vargas

It’s 6 AM in the land of coffee, and I am blinking the morning light out of my eyes as I clamber out of the car and make my way toward the Mercado de Bazurto in Cartagena, Colombia’s seaside city. Just steps away, fishermen are speaking in…

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Nikki Vargas

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Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Unearth Women. Previously Places Editor at Atlas Obscura and Travel Editor at Culture Trip. www.nikkivargas.com

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