Baby for sale!! we have boys and girls and this one is only 100 bucks and you get a free bag of Thyme with him! And, I am just kidding... but I kinda wanted to ask how much for the baby, but didn´t want to freak out the vendor. 
In every city and town we have been to so far there has been some sort of a market there. They are so much fun to wander around in. The vibrant colors and interesting and original art work one finds. The carvings, paintings, food, spices, clothes and the jewlery!! Oh man, the jewlery here is like nothing you will find in Canada. So unique and reasonably priced. Beautiful and precious stones, tightly weaved braclets and necklaces, cocunut jewlery, bone jewlery and the list goes on. The food all in baskets, overflowing with fruit and vegetables and color!
The vendors calling out to you as you pass them buy, ¨Come in! Look closer! Try it on! Pick it up!¨.
To that I usually say,¨just looking, thanks¨. Or, sometimes I say, ¨Sure I will, and how much is it?¨(all in Spanish, of course!)
I then give a look of suprise! Then I ask them to sell it to me for half the price they just said.
Look of suprise from the vendor follows. (I expect this, it´s all part of the game).
Then they give the counter offer, and I give mine, which is slightly over half of what they asked for in the first place and we all look like we are deep in thought and considering saying no, and then BAM! The sale. It´s great, but you have to be in the mood for it. Above are some pics from some markets that I have been to.
3 comments:
Sounds like fun, I'll take two babies and 1 lb of tomatoes, I will pay you when you get back............see ya. Farley
I looked at you at the market on google earth and I could see you were having a good time but Dan was in the way so I couldn't pick out the jewels I wanted....bummer.Thank you responsible blog person for updating your blog. Perhaps you will be a good example for the less responsible bloggers among us.Kisses!
Reminds me of Asia.
You were always better than me at bargaining.
How are Dan's skills? Is he still the bargain-master?
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