Yesterday morning, for 50 cents each, we took the bus 15 km or so south to the San Vicente weekly market. It had rained hard the night before so we avoided the mud in the part of the market lot that isn’t paved. Luckily our favourite vegetable lady was on the paved part. She helped Anita pick out a big bag of vegetables. We’ve shown everything we bought at the market in a picture below.
At the vegetable lady’s stand, we bought a cauliflower, a broccoli, some garlic and bags of onions, potatoes, green peppers, carrots and limes, all for $10. Plus she gave us an apple for a bonus.
Near her stand, there are several little restaurants. There are also stands that sell everything from women’s lingerie to electronics. Across from her stand is a man with a peanut grinder. He grinds pure peanuts into peanut butter. The bag we bought in the picture cost $2.
A little further along we bought a bag of tangerines and a bunch of bananas for $1.50. That vendor also had mangos. He cut slices off of one so we could try them. We were a little dubious about the cleanliness of his knife but it would have been impolite to refuse, and the mangos were really good. We bought 6 for $2.
At another vendor’s stand we bought a dozen eggs, from organically grown free range chickens, for $2.40. Walking down the street, we saw a sign at a little store advertising queso (cheese) so we bought the hunk in the picture for $2.
Just after that a bus came along the street. We looked at the attendant hanging out the door and we yelled, “Canoa?”. “Si” was the answer and they stopped right there for us. For another $1 we were back home. We had been gone less than an hour and a half and our weekly shopping was done.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, a man named Gustavo, who has a little bakery in Briceno, about 2 km from here, delivers fresh bread, still warm, on his motorcycle for $1 per loaf. We also buy banana bread for a weekend breakfast treat from him for $3 per loaf. Excellent!
We still had time yesterday morning for our usual one hour and 40 minute walk along the beach and to enjoy the rest of the day, especially another Canoa sunset.
At the vegetable lady’s stand, we bought a cauliflower, a broccoli, some garlic and bags of onions, potatoes, green peppers, carrots and limes, all for $10. Plus she gave us an apple for a bonus.
Near her stand, there are several little restaurants. There are also stands that sell everything from women’s lingerie to electronics. Across from her stand is a man with a peanut grinder. He grinds pure peanuts into peanut butter. The bag we bought in the picture cost $2.
A little further along we bought a bag of tangerines and a bunch of bananas for $1.50. That vendor also had mangos. He cut slices off of one so we could try them. We were a little dubious about the cleanliness of his knife but it would have been impolite to refuse, and the mangos were really good. We bought 6 for $2.
At another vendor’s stand we bought a dozen eggs, from organically grown free range chickens, for $2.40. Walking down the street, we saw a sign at a little store advertising queso (cheese) so we bought the hunk in the picture for $2.
Just after that a bus came along the street. We looked at the attendant hanging out the door and we yelled, “Canoa?”. “Si” was the answer and they stopped right there for us. For another $1 we were back home. We had been gone less than an hour and a half and our weekly shopping was done.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, a man named Gustavo, who has a little bakery in Briceno, about 2 km from here, delivers fresh bread, still warm, on his motorcycle for $1 per loaf. We also buy banana bread for a weekend breakfast treat from him for $3 per loaf. Excellent!
We still had time yesterday morning for our usual one hour and 40 minute walk along the beach and to enjoy the rest of the day, especially another Canoa sunset.
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