another floating market pic
here is one of a family getting some fruit ready to sell. they lived on this two room boat. the boat next door (maybe it was a duplex?) had two chickens and a giant fish in an aquarium in it. we crossed from there on a bamboo bridge to an island where a woman let us sample some fruit and play with her basenji puppy.
one other interesting side note. everybody knows the word “hello!” (usually said con gusto). not many other english words, but you’ll hear hello a heck of a lot more than u ever would in america.
also, it (as are many non-american cultures) is a “saving face” culture which can make getting questions answered very difficult bc anything not known or not understood is just a “yes”. example “internet? wifi?” “aaah, yes.” but there is no wifi to be found. i probably prefer the american custom to just shrug our shoulders when we don’t know something (or just don’t care to answer the question : )
