WOW! Is about all I can say for my first trip to the market!!
First of all the transport there is basically the back of a truck, which they call the ‘Bus’. All the House mums and some volunteers go in to the market every couple days for fresh fruit and veg, and anything else they might need. The bus leaves at 7pm sharp and if you want to be on it you have to stand out at the main road and the driver will stop to let you on.
Once at the markets everyone piles out of the truck and goes about getting there various shopping needs. The markets are very different from our wonderfully air-conditioned shopping malls back in Australia! It’s all very exciting, smelly, hot, crowded and very colourful! There are different sections for fruit, veg, meat, clothes, hardware, and random other bits and pieces and finding your way around is not easy! Luckily I was with Chloie and she had already been to the market on Friday while I was teaching so she sort of had an idea of where things were!
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| Chloie buying some clothes |
I bought some stuff I needed, but most excitingly of all … I got my very first hammock!! It’s rainbow coloured and I love it :D
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| Me in my awesome hammock! |
At 9am everyone made their way back to the truck and piled in, along with their mountains of shopping!!
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| The VERY full 'bus' after we all finished our shopping |
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| All the fruit and veg etc... |
And that was my very first trip to the market! Hopefully next time I will be able to find my way around!
Did you stay at the markets overnight??? you said you left at 7pm and got back on the bus at 9am??
ReplyDeleteIs the food good over there?? my hospital food looks amazing but I can barely eat it :(