8 October 2008Today we were taken to the central market to practice out Bahasa Indonesian and out bargaining powers to but fruit. I brought Manggis – a form of passion fruit for Rp 14,000 having bartered down from Rp 25,000. The market is large spread over three floors and with an outside section. You can get eveything from food to pots and pans with clothes and offerings available as well. The road outside is composed of fabric shops - we came back here to get cotton and linen to have trousers, shirts and blouses made up by local taylors.
12 October 2008
Sam and I took advantage of a trip to a local zoo to have further language training. The trip was for the English language students and they had a quiz to do in English - it really was quite tough. All the signs on the cages were in Bahasa Indonesian adn English so this was good for my reading.
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