Even though the school provides most of our needs we still need to buy breakfast goods, snacks, and importantly, toilet paper.
The currency is the Tanzanian shilling. There are about 1,500 shillings to the Australian dollar.
I have been to three supermarkets to date - Njiro, Shoprite and Rotterdam Gardens. They all have a good range of local products which are inexpensive including tea, milk, juice and bread. Anything imported is very expensive such as biscuits, cheese and chocolate!
Fruit and vegetables are sold at roadside stalls or in large markets.There are no scales so the vendors pile up their produce and sell them by the pile. Above you can see Helen, the teacher librarian at Usa, strolling past some past piles and buckets of onions.You can purchase just about anything and the avocados are huge!
Here are Laura, Cindy and Barb with the "veggie mumas" - the preferred stop for fruit and veggies in Arusha.
Markets also sell a large range of products that you may or may not want.
Fresh eggs can be bought from a staff member. At Usa River it is one of the cooks, Rachel. It is 1,500 shillings for 6 and they have wonderful orange yolks.
