Tuesday, January 30, 2007

India: Shopping with Guides (Jaipur)

As there are colors of a rainbow, so too are there a myriad ways to shop in India. We suspect that our Indian tour guides are paid relatively little and infrequently, so the bulk of their income comes from tips and commissions from local stores.

Obviously it's harder to get a decent price in a Tourist shop with an unknown commission on top, so it's not my favorite way to spend a tour of India. But it's nice to see what they have and to see the demonstrations on how to make a rug or a wood block printed cloth. In this particular store in Jaipur, Gaby tried on a sarong.