We arrived to the marketplace and venders almost instantly started promoting their merchandise. This is where bargaining became very useful! Every time they attempted to sell something, they added about 10+ dollars to how much the item was actually worth! For example, the first item I was interested in was a shark tooth necklace with a leather rope as the chain. The vender told me she couldn't go lower than $20 (obviously over priced). After convincing her I only had $5 to spend on the necklace, she sold it to me for the price I wanted-$5. That was the strategy for everything we bought! Often times we would even get a second item free AFTER we convinced the vender to lower the price! It was a very affective method!
We eventually had our fill of the marketplace and returned home for lunch. After our delicious chicken we headed off a small village to play some baseball! We arrived and all the kids (as usual) swarmed to us "americanos". We quickly implied we were there to play with them. No more than 2 minutes had gone by and each member of our group was playing catch with a boy from the village. We proceeded to have a little pickup game which lasted for 2 hours! Sadly, time came for us to leave again...
We arrived back at the complex about an hour early for dinner so we killed some time on the basketball courts and in the pool. Dinner consisted of chicken, plantains, and rice. As usual it was delicious! We concluded our evening with devotions and we all went to sleep around 11.
