Every morning between 6 and 7 am buyers and sellers come via Shikara to Dal Lake’s floating vegetable market.

Even though I don’t understand or speak Kashmiri I could tell there was a lot of negotiating, humor and gossip going on between these men.

Here a farmer uses a hand scale for measurement. 

The market itself is simple.  Both buyer and seller float around on their shikaras and socialize a bit. When a buyer sees something needed he’ll go for the sale.  Not too much noise is made during the process but you can tell all these men are having a good time doing business.

Here a buyer pays for his produce.