Our quest for obscure computer and video components led us to Ritchie Street here in Chennai. Ritchie Street is actually several streets, an entire district devoted to electronics. Prakash and Baran were my guides. Our quarry: a spare battery for our digital camera. A photograph really can't convey the sheer density of this place. Just crossing the street from one shop to the next is a challenge in itself. Add to that the heavy rains we received this morning, making big aromatic puddles everywhere, and you've got yourself quite a shopping experience. That said, Ritchie Street has just about any electronics or electrical component you could ask for. The range of merchandise isn't obvious at first. You have to get in there and tell the shopkeepers what you're looking for. Sooner or later someone will reach into a dark corner and pull it out for you. Or else they'll send their boy out to retrieve it from another shop down the way. A little patience is richly rewarded. We got our battery. Now we just need a voltage stabilizer.
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when i bought my cell phone in the peruvian market it was similar. a kid ran off with my 100 soles yelling out the serial number on the bill before he left (i guessed so if he couldn't get change we would know it's the same bill and not a counterfeit). for a moment i thought i may never see my 100 soles again, but he came back with the change and off i went with my new phone.
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