In Reply to: Thanks posted by dantri on Wednesday, 8. October 2008 at 22:21 Bali Time:
I brought back a packet containing about 40 vanilla beans and a packet bulging with saffron. They cost about Rp40,000 each. The day after I returned I priced vanilla beans in the local supermarket. They wanted $.65 for a pack of one weedy looking bean. Robbery!