The Dumaguete Public Market is hive of haggling, strange smells and brightly colored fruits and vegetables (click here for a close up view of the Dumaguete Public Market).

Inside the market, Dumaguetanos are buying selling, prodding, poking, tasting and smelling the fresh produce that is on sale there.

Sometimes when business is slow the proprietors will take a nap next to their produce stall.

Bright red rambutans are a local delicacy.

I am always drawn to the stacks of mangoes since they're my favorite fruit here.

They're on sale here for 45 pesos a kilo, which is about 37 cents a pound!

These jackfruits are enormous (they can get as big as 80 pounds!) and and look like a cross between a pineapple and the roof of Disney’s Epcot Center. I have two guitars made of the wood from the jackfruit tree built by Jun Reputana (click here for to read this story).

The actual edible part of the jackfruit comes out in these yellowish translucent pieces. It's not bad either.

These bright red cilli peppers might be small, but they're potent. I think the green ones are the most deadly!

Buyer beware.

These calamansi are a lot like limes and are used for everything from drinks to providing a pleasant scent for cleaning products.

The bananas here are plentiful and cheap, although they are generally smaller and sweeter than the gargantuan versions produced by Dole and Chiquita.

When they're ripe, they're yellow too.

No egg cartons here, and you can buy just one egg if you want.

Garlic to keep the tropical vampires away.

Peanuts are popular here too.

Avocados are plentiful, I've even had an "avocado shake" which isn't as bad as it might sound.

The tomatoes seem to be smaller and not as red as the ones back home. I would do anything for some real pasta sauce here!

The produce stalls are always brightly colored.

Just weigh what you want to buy and you're on your way.