Mzungu at the market

We asked James to take us to the market where he buys his food for the school and he told us that while there are other markets closer, his favourite is Kalerwe Market. It is miles away but certainly well stocked. We left at 10:45 this morning (Saturday) and arrived in about 30 minutes. The drive home was another matter!

James did his shopping and we looked around. Eventually we decided on what we wanted to buy for ourselves to eat for snacks, lunch and dinner. When looking at the prices we paid, the conversion rate for Canadian is 2000UGS (Ugandan Shilling) to 1$ Canadian. Here are our purchases for the weekend.

 One child even dared to touch Corey and then ran away!

 I touched a mzungu! And a big one too!

Pineapple – 3000UGS

 Tomatoes – small stack 2000UGS and pawpaw (papaya - small) - 2000UGS

 Peppers – small stack 1000UGS

4 Avocado – 1500UGS

6 Limes – 2000UGS

Bunch of Mini Bananas – 2000UGS

Mango – small stack – 2000UGS

Dodo – 2 bunches – 1000UGS

Total $8.25

As I eat the pawpaw, I think that I would have paid at least $4.50 for one this size at home and it wouldn’t have tasted this good. I think we may make it a weekly ritual to get our produce there. We won’t be able to do better, that’s for sure and judging by the flavour of the pawpaw that I am eating, the hour in traffic is well worth it.