Ethiopia- Day 3

Mulat picked us all up in the morning to do some shopping. He took us to one street and we had 1 hour to shop. We had to bargain for everything, which I wasn't very good at. The prices are so cheap I didn't really mind paying the first price they told me. But we did get the price down from where they started so we did well. We also got our shoes shined by two little boys. Our tennis shoes mind you. They kept saying, "No problem" when Kevin tried to explain that you don't shine tennis shoes. But we got the shoes shined and had some wet socks to prove it! They wanted to charge us 10 birr each, which is less than 1 dollar. (13 birr= $1) After he shined the shoes he wanted 20 birr each. So Kevin just handed him 6 US dollars and the kid looked like he just went to heaven.

Our shoe shiners.

After we went shopping Mulat drove us through the Merkato, the big market. He said we can't shop there because it's too crowded and there is a lot of pickpocketing that goes on there. We went on a Sunday which was a "slow" day and it was packed. They sold everything there. I really liked the chickens. People would buy them and carry them by the feet while they were still alive.

We then headed to a coffee shop. I only bought one bag but I did buy a toothbrush from a boy in front of the store. It is made of wood and I guess once you start to chew on it, bristles form and then you brush/pick your teeth with it.

After shopping we headed back to the hotel for lunch.

Notice the goats walking head on into the traffic.

Then we went to the HH for the evening.

One of the guards at the HH. He also make scarves.