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The cayeye route: the 5 stalls at the Mercado Público de Santa Marta where breakfast costs less than 10,000 pesos
It's ten past six in the morning on calle 11 and the smoke from the fryers is already mingling with the smell of fresh fish. In the Mercado Público de Santa Mar


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Food & DrinkThe cayeye route: the 5 stalls at the Mercado Público de Santa Marta where breakfast costs less than 10,000 pesos
It's ten past six in the morning on calle 11 and the smoke from the fryers is already mingling with the smell of fresh fish. In the Mercado Público de Santa Mar
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