I walked around with rather impressive gear, and being the only tourist for miles around (didn’t see any for two weeks in that region) I was often begged to take pictures of children, first one, that two, then a crowd.

This is back to the central square, this guy was offering to weigh you, a form of begging in disguise. He would be there every evening, with his friend. The weight of the latter's scale never tallied with the other's, but who cares?