Neighborhood Shops

Monday, January 14, 2019

It was cooler today than it has been up to now, so I decided to see how far I could walk on the pedestrian path along the big highway which now runs near Kundayo. The path is asphalted so it’s much smoother than the dirt side roads John loves to roam. I probably walked about a quarter mile to and back to the produce vendor whom John usually frequents. Along the way, we greeted the shop owners and stopped at several places to buy items such as mandazi (holeless donuts), a large plastic basin for laundry, some nice yellow lentils, and some potatoes, mangoes, avocados, and a watermelon from the produce lady. Here is a small sample of the places we passed.

Maso's brother, Joe Kundayo, has a workshop which produces cement bricks and iron fabrications, mainly beds.

A worker cuts a metal sheet. Notice the lack of protective eyewear.

Beds for sale out along the highway.  Around $200 would pay for one.

 A barber shop is one of the most common new businesses people establish, but duka la dawa (drugstores) are almost as ubiquitous.

The Kundayo family used to own--and maybe still do--a lot of land in this area. Baba Kundayo has a very prominent hardware store along the highway.

This is where we purchased the toilet plunger we use to do our hand laundry.

A dress shop with lots of fancy dresses for little girls.

 

 

A larger than usual open air butcher shop.

A feed shop for all sorts of animals.

A grain shop, where I bought some lovely yellow lentils. This mama also sold popcorn.

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John's favorite produce vendor. We bought potatoes, mangoes, avocados, and a watermelon from her.

There we several other shops at which we stopped, but I didn't take photos of them all. Maybe another time.