10 November 2006

getting work done at the bike shop




I'm not sure why the captions didn't work out, but here are some shots taken at the bike shop in the village behind school (about a km back). Turns out my tire was flat when school let out, so I huffed it down to the village. And, of course, about twenty people turned out to laugh and carry on and try to talk to me. I happened to have my camera with, so I took some shots. I'm the white guy.
And what, you might ask, does it cost to have a tire fixed at the village bike shot? Rs 5. That's about eleven cents. I was feeling generous, so I gave the guy a ten rupee note (22 cents), and I had to convince him to take it. He felt it wasn't right to overcharge. Great people. I left with a spring in my step, and the whole group lined up and waved. More later. Posted by Picasa

1 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Hmmmmm... Secret shopping huh? Sounds a little sketchy. Probably shouldn't try to bring any of those "secret shopping" items across the border. You know what they say- If it sounds too good to be true....

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