Actually I was kiddin'. I did not roll the window down and pet him. He looked busy.
These were taken today during a visit to Avenue Rd. It's a short street and very crowded. Lots of traffic, people and shops; small shops, really small like a broom closet in some cases. They are very specialized. Put the whole street together and you have a Mad Magazine edition devoted to WalMart. I was looking for a paper cutter. I found one in a small shop that was just opening. I waited patiently while the shop keeper went through his opening ritual. It involved wetting his hands from a water bottle and blessing each of about eight pictures with what looked like the sign of the cross. When he finished and waited on me he wouldn't bargin so I left the shop. After I left I thought to myself,
"He was only asking about $13 USD. What was the problem?"
I may go back and get it. But I have this thing about prices being jacked up on expats. Besides who ever heard of a shop in India where they wouldn't bargin? I don't know, it just struck me the wrong way but I did have second thoughts as I walked away.
These are some shots I took along the way.
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