We arrived in Nepal again today and once again it is very exciting. When we were in the supermarket we wandered around pointing at things and saying "Wow, look at the different types of shampoo, look you can get lots of types of fruit juice and chocolate and can openers and it's all just on the shelves with prices and no one is hassling us to buy anything!"
Although we did finally discover the way to do the shopping in Dhaka. Instead of just going to the supermarket and paying high prices for not much variety, you really have to spend the time wandering around the market going into every shop and looking around and saying "how much is this?" "how much is this?" "Oh so that's where you get chocolate, a padlock etc". I think you can actually get most things in Dhaka but it's not always easy to find them (things are not always in the shop you expect) and if you don't have an idea of what something should cost or what it's called, you don't know whether you are getting ripped off. I went to the market to buy almonds and the shopkeeper said 600 taka. I just stood there and looked at him. I had absolutely no idea what to pay. I left and walked down to the supermarket, check the price there, went back to the market, went to the neighbouring market stall and was charged 500 taka.
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