One of the appealing things about Kurdistan is the mix of traditional and modern which pops up every where. Retail runs the gamut from street vendor to modern mall. Here an elderly Kurd pushes his barrow through the street selling bags of salt, a scene that no doubt goes back thousands of years.
Most shops here are tiny, particularly in the bazaar -big box retailing has yet to make an appearance in Kurdistan. Even in the modern malls, the shops are small and run by just one or two staff. My large local supermarket is in fact made up of a number of smaller business. Meat, vegetables, stationery, cosmetics and clothes are individual business and you pay for these separately.
Everywhere are street vendors and the streets are constantly alive to their calls as they make their rounds - naturally they have big loud voices and you can hear them coming from quite a distance.
While the cart is reasonably big, this man is also quite small.
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