Treating Tendo and An Offer of Cheap Abercrombie Boxers

enjoying her treats

Someone at school took one of Tendo's school shoes (she's part of the family I live with)  so she was wearing too-small-broken-old-ones.
I decided to treat her to a trip to town and get her some school shoes from the market.

I took her to one of my favourite cafes and we had chips and a soda and the photos show how much she loved it haha. We shared some icecream and as we finished she started helping the waitress take everything from the table and then even went and thanked the cook for cooking her food!

We then went to the market on a boda (motorbike) which she enjoys and when I arrived at the market I could not believe the amount of stuff there.

this is only one aisle of shoes...

There is literally a whole strip of stalls selling shoes, a whole market for second hand clothes and one for food and animals etc. I have never seen so many shows in my life. It's amazing how they clean and repair shows from places like England and sell them looking pretty much brand new! If you want a pair of Nikes, any style, just come to Uganda and you'll get a p-aid for about £9.50.

boda riding

The clothes bit is even bigger, literally every stall just has this massive pile of clothes lying on a table for you to dive through. Lots of clothes from our country (I have no idea how they get here, they come in big sacks to be bought by sellers and they are second hand but it's not via a charity) and quite interesting seeing branded clothes lying among clothes we would pay much less for, all priced the same. Abercrombie and Fitch items next to ASDA George items. Here, brands don't really mean anything at all. Again, if anyone fancies a pair of Abercrombie boxers for about 50p then please contact me. Note: they are second hand.
Ha.

My family in their new outfits :)

I picked out an outfit for the three kids I live with as a little present, each piece was 3000 shillings - about 75p....!

After a long time of trying shoes on Tendo's feet, feeling like a Clarks employee feeling where her toe was and making her walk up and down in each pair, bartering the price down to a fair one (rather than a white person price - yes they always start with a higher price if you're a mzungu) we finally had a pair of good school shoes, and went home happy.