Shopping in Africa

This post is dedicated to my lovely sister, Cheryl... my shopping buddy.  Shopping is  just not the same without her.  For a third world country, South Africa sure has a lot of great shopping available.  And there are some things unique to SA that I just had to have as soon as we arrived... biltong, Ultramel with canned guavas, marshmallow fish and Flings.  Ahhhhhh... it's good to be home!

This one is for you, Dan... Parmalat is everywhere!
You could get a job here.  Tempted?

My favourite chips.

NikNaks... the chutney flavour is superb!

Ice Cap... "It's not inside...It's on top!"  

A school of marshmallow fish.  I can almost hear Cheryl drooling!

Biltong... so much biltong!!!  Friday night is movie night.
Not only is it actually affordable to go to the movie theatres here, you can buy a
bag of biltong to enjoy during the film.  Move over popcorn! I'd rather be a carnivore.

Market near Ushaka beach front.

This is drive by shopping... in a certain part of town, men and women wander the
intersections and roadways selling essential (and not so essential) items to
motorists.  We bought hangers from one young man.  No time to haggle or shop around here... make your decision,
roll down the window, pay and drive away as soon as the traffic moves on.

I've never seen this many flavours of milk before... plain, chocolate, strawberry,
banana, toffee, cream soda...

I stunned myself by spending R568 (everything in my wallet) on my first big grocery shop.
I felt like I'd overspent until I got home and realized that is only $72 Canadian.
I'm having a little difficulty adjusting to the big numbers over here.