More videos

I am posting video of walking down the street with the kids.  Not very exciting, but you can see a little bit of where I live.  I tried to videotape inside the store the other day, but the employees came and told me to turn it off.  If I can find someone to let me tape inside, it would be fun to show you just how different the "supermarket" is here.  On the weekend there is a market along the the street of fruit and veg, so I should be able to get some video of some of the produce.
Enjoy!

It took a while for us to get used to the money here.  Most people here use cash only.  The frustrating thing is that people always want you to have exact change, but no one is willing to give you change.  Let's say, for example, that you go the the store.  You spend 38 rupees.  You have a 50 rupee note (about $1 US).  You hand it over and the clerk gives you a dirty look and asks for change (meaning the exact amount of the bill).  You don't have any.  They search their drawer.  They might not have change.  If they don't they may throw something random from the counter into your bag and tell you to have a nice day.  Or they might tell you "next time" (when they may or may not remember owing you any money) They might have change, but they don't want to give it away because it is all the small bills or change they have.  They might need it.  You know, for a time other than right now. 

Anyway, here is some video of what change looks like. 

Lastly, here is some more video of the shops.  We are very lucky to live in an area where people eat pig here.  (BACON!!!-sorry to all my veg friends) So we have a shop very near our house where we can get meat, including pork.  We usually eat veg most nights, with meat only a few times a week.

PS I wasn't able to find any cheese.  At least not any I wanted to eat.  Those cheese blocks you can see in this video are $8 and they were packaged in June of 2010.  I know aged cheese is supposed to be good, but I don't think it is supposed to be sitting on the shelf of a store that looses power multiple times a day for extended periods of time for 2 years.  Maybe that's just me...