India part 2

One of my favorite days was spent in the spice/vegetable market in Udaipur. Milena and Jill both asked me to bring home some spices for them. We took a cab to the spice market. He dropped us off because the streets are too narrow for cars. It was the first time we just wandered around without a guide or any idea of what we were doing.

Women selling their vegetables...

Weaving and selling baskets...

Chilis...

Honey.... I have never seen honey like this. It was in big chunks with bees all over. I tried not to panic.
Here is the first of many children that came up and asked to have their picture taken. Because some children ask for money afterwards, I always said "No money." Usually they looked at me and just kept posing, so I never knew if they understood or not. They obviously know that the tourists love their little faces and want to remember them always, because we were swarmed by children wherever we went. In addition to adorable children, there are cows all over the streets in India. Although I think I had heard this beforehand, it was still shocking to see them sitting in the middle of a busy street, eating garbage, moving out of the way when a car honked at them, etc.
So, the story of the spices.... first I was looking for green cardamom for Milena. I went up to one of the vendors and asked him for cardamom, since I didn't even know what it looked like. He gave me a little bag of it, and I know I'm supposed to bargain with him, but when he said the bag was $4, I decided it wasn't worth trying. After looking around a bit more I found another vendor and got a few different spices to bring home for Jill. I bought curry, chili powder and something else that I don't know but should figure out before I give to her. For all three I spent.... 60 cents!! I guess that first guy was really happy to run across this stupid American!!