Rainy Friday Evening

Just about to head out on Friday evening but it just started chucking it down so a few more minutes at the desk…

Not really managed to get much dome with photos from the last trip yet, plugging through them slowly but shooting 10Mb raw files really slows things down – slowly I’m getting to know the batch file capabilities in Nikon Capture software but it’s a bit of a change from dealing with jpegs in Photoshop.

Tried to buy some laptop speakers today and had a typical UB shopping experience. First minor irritation was not having the price written anywhere near anything and then, maybe it’s being a foreigner or maybe it’s standard practice in computer shops here, being told a price in dollars.

Now don’t get me wrong. Even though I like the feel of a quality English tenner there is something specific about using greenbacks in developing countries that lets you know they are, well, still developing. Locals not having faith in their own currency is unfortunately a sure sign that something, somewhere is not right in the system.

Anyway, my standard practice (and the fact I don’t carry dollars on me) when told a price in dollars is to ask for one in tugrug. After a while the spotty youth behind the counter got on his phone and started tapping out a SMS to get the exchange rate. At least that’s what I though, after a few minutes I though maybe otherwise…

At this point the electric had gone off so the chance of anything happening was going down-hill fast. I left, not quite speechless but certainly speaker-less.

Rain has finished now. Time to go.

Cheers

T.