We woke up at
Clark and I left a backpack at the airport and Peter took our other bags so that Clark Sunia and I could go to the silk market. This was a 4 story market with lots of little stalls. The first 2 floors were mostly knock off brand clothes.
We got to the more touristy section with silks, lanterns, jewelry, tea etc. I wound up getting most of my gifts for people here. It was a lot easier to shop for women than men, as usual I guess. The whole environment was very intimidating, people were constantly calling for your attention, saying ‘hello lady!’ When you were interested in something you really had to barter with them. It was difficult because we had no idea what anything was actually worth. We mostly just picked a number and stuck to it, sometimes pulling the walk away trick, which seemed to work pretty well. Then we took a long subway ride back to Peter’s apartment. It was really nice to be in a place resembling a home! We putzed around, caught up with Drew and nakia and shared pictures.
For dinner we went back to the school cafeteria’s restaurant, where Clark and I had our first meal also. We had a great beef dish, as well as some really good vegetables, and more beer and toasts. We walked to a KTV place and sang karaoke for a couple of hours, returning to Peter’s around
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