Konyo Konyo Market

Konyo Konyo market is an open shopping area located in Juba's southeast part near the Nile. It is a large market that sells a lot of household and some commercial stuff. Most stalls are fairly small and jam packed with merchandise. Lanes are usually specific to products so there is a spice area, clothing and electronics areas and so on. Prices are not marked and you can negotiate a little, but the venders all seem to have the same prices for their products.

Laneways can be tight, when the market is busy merchandise is arriving as people shop, so trucks large drop off stuff along the road and then kids use wheelbarrows to move the product to the stalls.

I bought a bucket which I ended up using to wash my clothes in until my Aussie and Swedish roommates (military) fixed a bunch of washing machines at our camp. Now it’s a clothes hamper

A corner of the market

A nice bike store and yes guys will drive their motorbikes through the market.

This looks very similar to a 1940’s Raleigh police bike that the Calgary Police Service used. I am guessing this is an imitation, and hasnt been here since 1940. They wanted 200 USD for it but everything is negotiable here.  My friends and Colleagues at LEBA (Law Enforcement Bicycle Association http://www.leba.org/) would love the bike shops here; you can get stuff that can really trick out a bike.

My buddy and roommate Kevin at the spice area, it smelt good in this part of the market, unlike the fish section.

Typical lane

Bike store with lots of cool stuff.

Some tight spots in the market.

The market is pretty safe during the day and the merchants are friendly. Most common language is Arabic but you can make do with English. South Sudan still has to import a lot of merchandise from Kenya and Uganda which means you will pay more the further you go north. I was in Bentiu which is close to Sudan and prices there for some things were double that of Juba.