Here we are!Miscellaneous things I've been thinking about.
There are few street lights and signs on the highways so one never knows where the next gas station is...and there are no rest stops. It is common for guys to be going to the bathroom by the side of the road - and they do not necessarily turn their backs to cars zooming by.
Many people - especially children - go barefoot. In the grocery store today there was a 50+ year old man with bare feet. Kids are even barefoot in the schools.
Cars use diesel, unleaded or even leaded gas still. We are paying about $4.50 a gallon. You cannot pump your own gas at the station.
Mealie pap - which is corn meal porridge - is eaten for many meals. We are getting used to it for breakfast with milk and sugar.
There is no high fructose corn syrup here. Sugar is used as the sweetner.
I have found my "happy place". It is a store called Fruit and Veg. They sell fruits like papaya, granidilla, guava, etc....the dried guava is amazing and I can get a big bag for about $1.50. The kids can down a bag in one sitting so I am glad it is cheap.
A loaf of sandwich bread is about $1.20. AND they have good bakeries with nice breads for dinner. Chocolate chips are very difficult to find and to buy a boxed cake mix or brownies is over $6.
Deb
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