Around the town centre of Impfondo, Congo in 30 Photos
April 17, 2013
Come with us for a stroll around our town and market in Congo!
HIGH STREET IMPFONDO
PHONE CHARGING CENTRE
[Most people don’t have electricity at home]
BEAUTY PARLOUR
COUTURE
[Mostly second hand. I have seen uniforms for Circle K (convenience store chain) and Fettes (the Scottish private school where Tony Blair studied) ]
Very interesting mixture of ‘designer’ and ‘fashion statements’
ACCESSORIES?
[A live monkey at the clothing store!]
BAG SHOP
[This was at Christmas when special stocks came in
hence the impressive spread of goods]
MEAT SECTION [I stay away from this section as much as possible.
There are no fridge, freezers or ice box.
There are, however, lots of flies and a strong smell.
Skip this section if you are vegetarian]
Crocodile
[Plastic bags are forbidden in the market by law.
It’s Bring-Your-Own-Bag or packed in leaves.]
Live Turtle
Lizard
[I did not stay long enough to see if it was alive.]
Live Electric fish
Antelope
Live chickens running around
[not for sale]
Caterpillars
[Apparently they are nice and crunchy]
McDONALD’S
[Note the head of the goat on the floor]
MY FAVOURITE SHOP
[It stocks almost all the food and grocery items the other shops stock.
Note the white red yellow plastic bags at the second bottom shelf on the right.
They are MSG – looks more like rat poison.]
COSTCO / Wholesale shop
[50kg flour which we sieve through to get rid of bugs, 25L cooking oil, 5kg sugar]
PICK N’ MIX
[Most people just buy small bags of salt, pepper, rice, sugar, flour etc.,
The fact that people buy 10 macaroni shells and teaspoons of coffee tell you
how much people can afford and how people live]
PEANUTS and CHARCOAL
[Not for BBQ, but for cooking – the smoke is a risk factor for cataracts]
FRUIT AND VEG SECTION
So voila! A brief tour of our town!
The most interesting thing about shopping here is that you never know what you are going to see e.g
I would love to give you a personal tour!
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