In our land bus trips are pretty unique. We have a road that goes straight up and down the country. It’s called the M1 road. So if you are going from Blantyre to Lilongwe or Mzuzu, you go either up or down the M1 road. Now at points along this road are places where SMART people sell fresh produce to people with loads of cash traveling in buses that don’t, in fact, need these carrots, green peppers, garlic, potatoes, onions, fruits of various kinds, and tomatoes. I need those SMARTS, selling people what they don’t really need.
They just arrange them oh! so beautifully and place them place smaller amounts in buckets, basins, or baskets that they carry to each bus that stops at those points. Lots of NM’s but especially NW’s have a spare amount of cash that they have especially set aside that they will splurge on these fresh produce sellers.
“Kuno! Tomato! Mukupanga bwanji?”
“200 Kwacha yenseyi!”
I am yet to figure out if it’s cheaper to buy from these points, or excuse me, they have names, let’s see: Zalewa, Zalewa Road Block, Tsangano, Bembeke, Lizulu, Nathenje, Jenda etc. But hey, when you can shop from the comfort of a bus, maybe price doesn’t matter, you feel like a tourist. Maybe that should be put on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: “being a tourist”.
Anywho, that’s number 6.
NW’s when are we going out there to Bembeke again?
pic: Briana
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