The entrepreneurial spirit and the profit motive are truly alive and well here in this communist country. I found the salespeople more aggressive in Beijing "lady, lady, try this, it is no problem, lady, lady" if you so much as looked at someones wares they would practically chase you down the street asking your best price. But here in Changsha there are stores, markets, street vendors - you name it, everywhere you go.
Above is the market place where we went shopping today. It looks like an abandoned warehouse but there are shops outside and inside full of every conceivable thing. Apparently it is a wholesale market for retailers to get their goods. We bought some Chinese New Year decorations for a fraction of what we would pay in Utah, and I even found myself a flat iron for $3 - since my other one got fried the first time we plugged it in. We'll see if this one fries my hair.
Above is the market place where we went shopping today. It looks like an abandoned warehouse but there are shops outside and inside full of every conceivable thing. Apparently it is a wholesale market for retailers to get their goods. We bought some Chinese New Year decorations for a fraction of what we would pay in Utah, and I even found myself a flat iron for $3 - since my other one got fried the first time we plugged it in. We'll see if this one fries my hair.
Anyway, it was really interesting and lots of fun to bargain shop. Oh if only I had more luggage and a bigger luggage allowance on the flight - oh, and more money too.
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