The camel-wrangler really couldn't figure out my tiny camera... my head's cut off, as is the camel's. But see http://www.lithic.net/images/spain03/camel.jpg if you'd like.
Yes... it was a game, all about negotiation. But it was OK to say no, in many guises! And sometimes no meant maybe, and sometimes "yes, I'll give you 5 euros" really meant no (in the context of an expensive item. Very direct, in-your-face... and subtle and indirect, at the same time. And I never paid more than 25-30% of the original asking price (although I still arguably paid too much).
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Date: 2003-10-13 07:38 am (UTC)We already have one rug that we don't put down because we're afraid the kids would trash it..
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Date: 2003-10-13 07:51 am (UTC)At least I managed to not fall off of the camel, when it laid down... and real saffron is dark red, not yellow.
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Date: 2003-10-13 08:26 am (UTC)great expression
Date: 2003-10-12 09:03 pm (UTC)Re: great expression
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Date: 2003-10-13 07:48 am (UTC)cats and prayers
a taste of strangeness
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