On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:31:08 GMT, Tashi wrote:

HERE IS THE TRICK TO BARGAINING. SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE.. PICK IT UP LOOK
AT IT. PUT IT DOWN WALK AWAY.. THE SELLER WILL OFFER AN OUTRAGEOUS PRICE.
WALK BACK TO WHAT YOU WANT, PICK IT UP AND SAY "$$$ FOR THIS??--I WOULDN'T
PAY $$$ (1/4 PRICE OR LESS) PUT IT DOWN, START TO WALK AWAY, IF THE SELLER
DOESN'T OFFER YOU ANOTHER PRICE JUST KEEP WALKING AND FIND SOMEONE ELSE WHO
SELLS THE SAME THING (YOU NOW KNOW THE PRICE OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE
APPROXIMATELY) BARGAINING IS AN ART, IT CAN TAKE 5 MIN, IT CAN TAKE DAYS!

Oh, this I will have to try!
Could be fun.


THE MORE DRAMATIC (IN A FUNNY WAY YOU ARE THE BETTER THE BARGAIN)
I BOUGHT THIS BEAUTIFUL CARVED WOODEN CHAIR IN HAITI FOR $25usd IT TOOK ME
2 DAYS TO GET THE PRICE DOWN FROM $250!!

Wow! Now this is good business.

IN MALI IT TOOK AROUND 2HRS TO BUY A MUDPRINT CLOTH... HAD TO HAVE TEA,
ASKED ABOUT THE SELLERS FAMILY, AILS, FRIENDS, ETC.. AND SHE ASKED ALL ABOUT
MINE. THEN STARTED TO BARGAIN.

And this bargain went the same like the above? They gave you an outrageous
price, then you cut it for 2/3.....?


NO=LA THANKS=SHUKRAN
LA SHUKRAN=NO THANKS.

Ok. Now I got it.


OH YEA BRING TOILET PAPER WITH YOU, SAVE NAPKINS IN A RESTAURANT ETC..
TOILETS ARE MOSTLY SQUAT.

So if I go into a toilette in a bar in Cairo I shouldn't hope for toilette
paper?
Oh....


PAID THE GUY A FEW PIASTERS (MADE HIM VERY
UPSET) GAVE HIM A LE AND HE WAS MORE HAPPY.

So piasters are to a le like cent to a dollar?
100 piasters = 1 Le
So if I tip people one Le that is enough? It isn't stingy?


HEP A B C, CHOLERA, DIPTHIRIA.MMM JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOUR NOT
IMMUNE TOO.

Thanks. This just made me feel better.


I WENT SWIMMING IN THE NILE AND LOST MY VOICE FOR 3 DAYS!!
JUST SAY NO TO ICE CUBES TOO.

Why did you lose your voice? You drank the water....?
So, no to ice, also. That goes for any ice? In the hotels, also?


WELL, RICE--BOILED, SOME STUFF DEEPFRIED, MEAT THAT'S NOT BLOODY ETC..
OH YEA, STAY AWAY FROM UNCOOKED VEGIES ALSO LIKE TOMATOES, LETTUCE..

Damn. I love tomatoes.
But then again, I also love rice. Oh well, I gues rice it is then....


PROBABLY WASHED IN LOCAL WATER. I CAN SAY THIS, IF YOUR GOING TO BE STAYING
FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, INTRODUCE THE WATER TO YOUR SYSTEM SLOWLY,
LIKE, BRUSH YOU TEETH AND RINSE(DON'T SWALLOW) WITH THE WATER DON'T HAVE
CUPFULS OF THE STUFF THOUGH IT'S LIKE SYSTEM OVERLOAD WITH FOREIGN BACTERIA.

Why would anyone swallow watter when washing your teeth?!
Luckully I never do this.


I ACTUALLY
WANTED MY CLOTHES WASHED IN A WASHING MACHINE, NOT BY HAND. THE HOTEL
CHARGES ARE EXPENSIVE SO I ASKED THE MAID, SHE SAID YES BUT THEY HAD TO BE
AIR DRYED AND THAT I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE. AFTER I GOT ALL MY
CLOTHES BACK, I GAVE HER THE $.

Well, this sound very fair.
But I don't think I will need to wash any clothes. Although, I do like to
travel light.... )