The Palong

Palong Shop, originally uploaded by Robbi Baba.

Quite a few of the women had little 'shops' like this one and there was a clear expectation that we would buy something.
I'm not sure how much of this stuff they actually made. Probably most of it. I wasn't enthusiastic about shopping but when we got home everything we'd gotten here turned out to be a treasure. The silly hat, the water bottle carrier, the elephant figurine.
It was a lesson to me, though I find it hard to put into words.

Beautiful people with beautiful children and amazing handcrafts.