Davao Agdao Market
2008 August 19
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Agdao Public Market in Davao. Products are supplied from Samal Island and Davao del Sur for the most part.
Photos courtesy of Ellen.
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From when we purchased land on Samal Island, until retirement there
Agdao Public Market in Davao. Products are supplied from Samal Island and Davao del Sur for the most part.
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Hi Randy. This article caught me by surprise! But thanks for posting them. All the people there were very friendly – and happy even though it was a miserable rainy morning. Most of them are on a first name basis with my mother too! It was very nice to see that. What amazes me is that I don’t see flies, the vegetables are fresh, the meat and seafood look good. There is a fresh flower section too, but we didn’t go there.
We didn’t even have to carry bags all around. We just left them behind with the seller and collected them all later when the shopping was done.
Hi Ellen – I’m really impressed by these kinds of markets. We have a small one here in Spokane for the local vendors, but it only runs a few days a week, part of the year. It’s only fresh produce and it’s a lot smaller. They do try to feature organic, though.
I suspect we’ll be taking advantage of those markets often, once we are there full time.
Thanks for sending these and for all your contributions to my blog.
Yes I like them too. In NZ, we have them only on weekends in a parking lot. It is so much fun going there – they have street entertainers, you can have hotdogs, pancakes and coffee.Very nice to just stand around watching the crowd. Here in Samal, we have a little public market. I had a big plastic bag full of vegetables and fruits and cost me only P100. In Vancouver, this would have only bought me 2 avocados.
Hi Ellen – is the market on Samal in Bakak is there one in Limao, too?
It’s only been a few months since we were there, but I sure wish I could go back and spend some more time checking things out.
The one I’ve been to is in Babak – where the main wharf is and where the passenger ferries land. On the other side, on the mainland, there is again another public market close to the Sasa wharf. So you can just take the passenger ferries to the other side because the market there is much bigger than the one here in Babak. If you take the Island bus, it goes on the roro ferry straight to the Agdao Market. So really, lots of public markets to choose from.
When we were sailing through the different islands, this is how we shop – through the open markets. I walk around picking, choosing and buying and my husband carries them in his huge waterproof backpack
. Sometimes, the heat is torture, but it is an experience worth remembering.
Don’t worry, next time you are here, you will be armed with info and ready to try out everything.
Hi Ellen – I figured it was in Babak. It seems that’s where most things are.
In addition to the markets, we’d like to grow a little bit on site. Depending upon how much room we actually have for that sort of thing. That’s definitely something to consider at a later time though.