I almost decided to title this "I am my mother's daughter," and I must give her credit for my most excellent haggling skills. Yes. I am good. The royal We (that is to say, Maggie, Robbie, and I) decided today would be excellent to go up the mountain here to visit the Wat on top. It's called Doi Suthep, and we had a very wild, windy, crazy ride in a red truck taxi, which I will henceforth refer to as a "death cab". Oh, man, this road was insane and he drove how Grandma used to through the hilly backroads. That is, very fast.
I digress.
So we got up there and went to the Wat (temple) on the top, which was possibly one of the coolest things I've ever seen. It was huge, and had tons of shrines to Buddha inside. We went up to the temple first, which was a grueling 306 steps==ahhh! We took our shoes off when we went in, and they were burning on the tiles--I hopped between the shady spots. Then we came out and had about 20 minutes to shop around with the vendors outside. Well, there were about a million Buddha masks, and I just had to have one, so I walked over and started to deal.
"600 baht"
"What?! No, too much"
"How much you pay? I give you discount"
"300 baht"
"500 baht"
"I'm sorry, too expensive" (turn to leave, think better of it, go to vendor next door)
"Ok, ok, 350 baht"
350 baht=$10=I am happy.
Got a wall hanging for 200 baht (started at 450) and a small statue for 100 (from 350).
The bargaining games continued tonight at the Night Bazaar, where I finally found a leather bracelet like I've been wanting for ages. Maggie and I tag-teamed that one and got a great deal for two of them.
New girl comes tomorrow, and we're all excited to meet her!
You are a chip off the ol' block
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