In order to turn our small little chyumba (room) in to a full blown nyumba (home), Chris and I have gone shopping several times in the past few days to get things like food, tupperware, etc. Here's a list of what we bought.
Day 1:
2 lb pasta
1/2 kilo small potatoes
1/2 kilo lg potatoes
3 tubes tomato paste
2 rolls TP
1/4 kilo sugar
1 L oil
2 limes
3 tomatoes
bottle of sweet basil essential oil
1 mango
1/2 kilo cabbage
small package of whole black peppercorns
dishsoap
2 carrots
curry powder
ginger powder
6 eggs
1 head of garlic
2 packages of cookies
2 packages biscuits
salt
1/2 kilo rice
2 red onions
1 coconut
1/2 kilo kidney beans
1/2 kilo mystery beans
2 bananas
Our total for the first day was about 16000 TSH or about $15.
Day 2:
15 bananas
5 mini-doughnuts
bar of soap
1/2 kilo laundry detergent
1 cucumber
4 limes
2 hot peppers
1 mango
1 avocado
cinnamon
sponge
4 tupperwares
Our total for the second day was about 5000 TSH or $4.
The cost of living here is unbelievable. Ok, must go. Love you all.
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