We haven't been doing much shopping in the last 3 months. The main incentive has been not wanting to add weight to our packs. But with our return trip to Los Angeles looming we end up spending way too much time shopping than either or us would have hoped and its exhausting! Before leaving home we had decided we would try to buy a buddha statute for our yard, so we spent a few days hunting for the perfect buddha, figuring out logistics of delivery (thanks Pete) and of course the lengthy negotiation on price, shipping, etc. So with any luck he will arrive in a couple of months and will eventually find a nice meditative spot in our yard.In addition to the Buddha purchase it seemed that we spent a whole lot of time shopping -- handicrafts, jewelry, and whatever else was in the shops that lined the streets, we looked at it all. But in the end we did a lot of looking and not so much buying.
