It's early afternoon Say around 2pm.

I'll give you a couple of days to RP around the village if you want to then we'll head out into the swamp.

You will need to decide how to head out there but that will develop through the RP (hopefully)

While they are out shopping, Jack enquires of Vaashin: "On they way here, did you ever get around to identifying all those magic items that we got?"

yes and we should see if those weapons we got can be used by anyone, says eldan

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"Blue Wizard has stoped time" - Gauntlet

Ok, No problem this is what was found.

a masterwork longsword (315gp), 2 pearls worth ??? (Give me an appraisal roll for that :D ),
Plus you've found a medium sized suit of studded leather armor(25gp)  2 light shields(3gp each), 2 short swords(10gp each), 2 javelins(1gp each) which you can take and sell if you want to.

OOC

What you found wasa Headband of the Stout Heart +1 to all will saves; a Translator's ring, adds + 2 languages including literacy of the language  Lifting Belt, +1 enhancement bonus to carrying weight str does change str bonus/actual str score  Pearl of Power 0 lvl - allows owner (any divine/arcane caster) to recall 1 0 lvl spell /day

Which of the mundane items did you take?
Then give me a Charisma check to determine what you get for it. DC 15, anything above, I'll give you more gold than 50%, failure by 5 or more means you get less than 50%.

You determine that the pearls are worth around 100 gp each.

The translator ring is defined as :

Translator’s Ring: This ring grants the wearer
the ability to understand two specific languages in
addition to those she already knows. If the character
wearing the ring is literate, she also gains literacy in
the new languages as long as she wears the ring.
For the purpose of this adventure, the ring offers
access to two languages that none of the PCs speak,
but that might prove useful in future adventures.
Appropriate choices include Abyssal, Aquan, Auran,
Draconic, Dwarven, Giant, Goblin, Ignan, Infernal,
Orc, and Terran.
Faint divination; CL 1st; Forge Ring, comprehend
languages; Price: 400 gp.

You don't really get the opportunity to chose the languages but what the heck, chose 2 and you have them.

Professor Stewart believes that you should head out at once to the ruins.

He estimates the ruins are roughly one hundred miles to the west and that the journey should take five or six days by skiff, twice if they attempt to journey on foot through the thick swamp. You discover that you have 2 options to head to the ruins via boat.

The first is to buy boats from local fishermen for the trip. Unfortunately, the only boats available are small canoes, which can only hold up to three Medium creatures wearing normal gear or two wearing heavy gear. A canoe sells for about 80 gp and moves about 1-½ miles per hour.
The second option is to hire a local to ferry the PCs up the river to the ruins and back. Once it is known where they intend to go, they find only one fisherman—Whailan, the boatman—who is willing to travel into the swamp. Whailan owns a large canoe capable of transporting up to nine characters wearing normal equipment, or six characters with heavy gear. Whailan doesn’t work cheaply.

Professor Stewart believes that , as you are the experts, it's up to you to determine the best way to get there and back.

Jack: "80 gold pieces for a canoe?  Well, if we need to,  I suppose we can sell the pearls.  Or we could find out how much Whailan charges."

Whailan says"I be chargin ya 10 gold a day, and where's youse be wanting ta go should be about 5 days each way."Jack and Whailan start haggling a little and Whailan says"Well I do believe I can be doing it for ya for 7 gold a day, all up front as I don't want ta be collecting from ya corpses. Youse pay fa yar own food. I's can't be fairer than that."