150 mets

What can you buy for 150 mets?

Approx. $ 5,50 or € 4,30

4 kg green beans

on special, normally close to double the price

on the street,

people come to your car and try to sell their products

around lunch time,

good time to buy, the guy wanted some money

I blanched the whole lot

Now I only have to get a packed from the freezer

1 tray of eggs (30)

Here they say: um favo

Fresh eggs from

Ovos para Africa / Eggs for Africa

Just outside town

Eggs

Is booming business

The eggs used to come from Malawi

(neighbouring country)

On a truck

Took days

In the sun

No refrigerators

~

And now

Fresh eggs

Really fresh

MUCH better

10 rolls of toiletpaper

They used to be called

White gold

Missionary friends told us

That

Years ago 

You would give a roll of toilet paper

In stead of a bottle of wine J

10 rolls for 150 mets

They used to be around the 250 mets

Imagine close to 10 dollars or 8 euro for a pack of ten…

Maybe strange for you

But 8 years ago

It was very difficult to find

Disposable nappies here

Or butter

Or cream

Or peanut butter

Or milk

you can always get

vegetables

fruit

what´s in season

In the 3+ years

That we are here

We have also noticed

Big changes

more shops

more (western)products

Recently a new supermarket opened up

…..

Talk of the town

mets is short for metecais

27 metecais is approx $1

35 metecais is approx. €1