hats 2

in bukhara, i try to buy another hat. i point to a traditional uzbek hat and ask how much. we bargain back and forth. i get her to go from 15,000 sum to 1,900 and felt pretty good about it (its about 980 sum to the dollar). after i pay, i slip the hat on my head and walk further down the market to buy a little water holder. after i buy it, the seller says “how much you pay for that hat?” i tell her 1,900 and she bursts out laughing and pointing at me. “that hat, no more than 1,500!!! ha ha ha!” “how much for this?” i ask, pointing to the water holder that she sold me less than a minute before. i paid 2000. ‘that 600 sum! hahahahaha!” i thought to myself, i think I am beginning to like this person.