Everyone is trying to sell something at the nightly market.
Even though the sign indicated with both text and a nicely painted animal that this was a boutique for elephants we sadly didn't see any.
You'll get the meaning of the left t-shirt after having spent a few minutes in the area. Take one step and you'll get one new offer; tuk tuk, suit, massage, etc. It's always "special price for you my friend".Didn't buy the shirt though - I actually started to bargain just for fun and kind of liked it... Weird.
Interesting. Rip-off of the Swedish Dressman brand. Proud owner posing in front of the boutique.Most male salespeople in the area run the handshake trick (con?) to get you into their boutique. Basically they try to shake your hand while asking where you're from. It's seems polite at first, it's after all just a normal handshake isn't it, but when the salesman won't release the grip and instead tries to pull you into the boutique the similarity with the normal greeting procedure is no longer apparent.
Per didn't have a camera in the right hand. You can guess what happened...Tip: Place something (e.g. a camera) in the right hand. That way a salesman will have a harder time to run the trick as long as you avoid initiating handshakes with the left hand.
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Vilken besvikelse att de inte hade några elefanter ;-) De är lite roliga ibland med sina små "särsäljningsknep" de där riskokarna :-D ...Känns ju jättekul att köpa den där tröjan i elefantsize (förmodligen vårt xl eller något sådant)...eller inte. Filiphs föräldrar var ju också just nere i Patong och hon berättade att försäljarna hade försökt locka henne genom att säga något i stil med "WOOOoo big mama!!! We have very very big t-shirts for you ooo big mama!" Hon blev inte så där jätte-köpsugen undrar varför :-D
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