I went shopping yesterday, nothing exciting, just the weekly visit to the supermarket. I had with me a small basket that I use for bottles and heavy stuff. I brought it back with me from Tanga market. There they are given free if you are buying a lot of vegetables, so I suppose it is the African equivalent of a Tesco carrier bag (other supermarket carrier bags are available).
Always with an eye for stuff I can put in this blog, I took a photo of it on my return home.
Prettier and more environmentally friendly than your actual Tesco carrier. I even put some veg around it – perhaps I’ll start a new career as a food stylist – or perhaps I won’t.
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April 15, 2007 at 7:44 am
Althea Stevens
I too brought one of these back, plus a better quality one for which I paid a few shillings. Both get used when I go to churches, schools, etc to talk about Tukae. Much better than the horrible plastic bags they are starting to use out there. Did you get any of the banana leaf bags, plaited for food? They are bio-degradable and don’t last long, but so much nicer than Tesco’s!
April 15, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Mark Trudinger
Hi Lisa,
I am on the UCLAN Online Safety for Children course and you mentioned this blog in the Discussions area. I just wanted to say this is a great blog – some great adventures.
Cheers,
Mark
April 15, 2007 at 2:17 pm
lisavalentine
Ooh thanks both for your comments. Althea, no I didn’t get any other baskets, another regret – I’ll just have to go back – sigh.
Thank you for you kind words Mark. Did I really mention this on the discussion board – shameless self publicity! I won’t mention what I think of the course so far on here – do you think we could put this down as part of the social networking assignment?
May 6, 2007 at 6:21 am
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