POST #7—STREET MARKET

Are these fruits, or vegetables?

Never seen anything like it before.

Well, let's try one.

Buy just one?

I think there's something wrong with the scale.

How could one of these purple things cost half a million bongoes?

It's because it weighs two kilometers.

Did he say fifteen hundred thousand or fifty thousand bongoes?

I think it was five hundred thousand.

How much does this cost?

How much does that cost?

No, that other one over there. The red one.

How do you say "red" in (language)?

Is that in bongoes or in dollars?

Why is this one more expensive?

Do you have one that's cheaper?

Can you show me another one in a different color?

Can you show me another one in a larger/smaller size?

Tell him we're just looking.

How do you fasten this belt?

The buckles are sold separately?

Are you sure this is a belt?

Can I buy a buckle here?

Tell him we're just looking.

I gave him ten million bongoes and all I got was this T-shirt and two coins.

What kind of stone is in those earrings?

Is this real gold/silver?

Is this a real diamond?

Is this real turquoise/opal/lapis/jade/amber?

He says this one comes from the royal temple.

He says this one comes from under the altar.

He says this one comes from a secret room under the castle's wine cellar.

He says this one comes from the monastery's herb garden tool shed.

He says this one comes from the pyramid.

He says this one comes from the tombs.

I like that bracelet.

Where was it made?

Is is from here?

Do you have any crafts?

I like these baskets.

Do you have any made locally?

Do you have any made in this province?

Do you have any made in this country?

Do you have any made in this hemisphere?

Are all of your crafts made in Malaysia?

He says his family makes everything in this stall.

This little tag says made in Taiwan.

Isn't this just like the one at Pier One?

Is that man a policeman/customs officer/airline pilot/militia/priest?

Why is he closing his shop now?

Why is he going away?

I'm a tourist/American/traveler.

Should we say we're working for National Geographic?