Diary of Peter and Lorna Prewett

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the cud as she stood in the gutter. Eating houses had opened up and hot smells drifted on the night breeze, chairs and benches were set outside some of them in the wider streets and dozens of natives were sitting and standing for the evening meal. Trestle tables were along the pavements (where streets had such luxuries,) and more merchandise was piled high on them, and even spilled onto the gutters. Scruffy little boys dodged about the tourists who were filtering into the back roads, and tried to persuade them to "come on" into this or that little shop. Some of the shops were so tiny that there was barely room for two customers at the same time, and

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the jumble in these places was terrific. Baskets and rugs, scarves and ornaments, suspended from the ceiling and all around the entrance; a glass counter stuffed with watches and cameras, the back of the shop bulging with blouses and underwear; confusing but quite exhilarating. After much discussion and haggling and wandering from shop to shop to try for a better bargain we stopped at eight o'clock, (quite exhausted in my case) and returned to Orcades for dinner. We had now instead of the £15 taken ashore, a collection of cheap, if dubious quality, articles, namely: one telephoto lens, acquired after a great deal of

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trouble for £5 (English price nearer £10); one Zenith Binoculars £5.10s; pair polaroid sunglasses for me 30/-; one light meter 45/-; one tripod for the cine camera £2. We hope everything will prove alright although there is a slight doubt with the telephoto lens. Peter enjoyed the bargaining involved, but I was rather embarrased by the proceedings and left it all to him. On board we found that one of the girls at our table had [found replaced] bought a sari for 30/-, and I suddenly had an urgent need for a sari! After dinner Peter and Jill from our table went back ashore and bought one for me, for 25/-. it is lovely silk chiffon - pink and gold! 6 yds of it!