Sunday, February 18, 2007

To The Town

One of the first things we did was to go to town to settle bank account and source for cheap stuff (Poor students have to stinge and save).
I like the fact that the tallest buildings in town are all below 5 storeys, except for one or two towers. This makes for splendid views of the sky, not that we looked up much, there were so many things to see. The shops (a little unlike back home in that there is considerably less food stalls), brick buildings, fat (really fat) pigeons, dogs with luxurious coats...
Glimpses of the town
http://picasaweb.google.com/yannyranran/TownExploring

We went to both market and supermarkets on market days. We were amazed at the relative cheapness of chocolates (1 huge pack for 1 pound) and fruits (10 oranges for 1 pound) , varieties of pies and desserts, other things that are unexpected for us in the market (books, wood incense, porcelain cups...) It was a relief to find that prices are comparable to those back home, I thought I had to eat bread only for breakfast, lunch and dinner... whew!



To market, to market to buy a fat pig!
http://picasaweb.google.com/yannyranran/Marketing

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