Saturday, December 14, 2013

Stop and Shop


There's actually a store here in Monrovia called 'Stop and Shop' BUT you can also stop and shop when you pull up to a red light!




Vendors walk between the cars selling anything from boxes of kleenex, windshield wipers, dog leashes - which is interesting because I've never seen anyone here walk a dog - to water, or as they say 'wata', in sachets - which are like sandwich sized plastic bags filled with water.
Look down this row of cars and you can see 3 different vendors.
 They really have to watch the traffic and lights so that they can get back to the side of the road when the light turns green.


Here's a young boy selling cookies or what they call 'biscuits'.  Elder Berrett and I buy a biscuit every Wednesday on our way to teach our Marriage Prep Class.  


These biscuits cost 20 Liberian Dollars.  That makes them about $.25 US.  They are not as sweet as a cookie but really quite good.


Why you can even buy a Christmas tree - already decorated - while you sit in you car at a red light.  Talk about convenient!  Who wouldn't want one of these beautifully decorated trees?  This could really make Christmas shopping so much easier - you could do it all from the convenience of your car.

5 comments:

  1. Great photos; especially the Christmas tree one! How convenient!

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  2. The trees are nice but the wafers filled with milk cream look amazing

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  3. Those Liberians are on to something! We could really use a Stop and Shop here in America! I'm hoping you bought one of those Christmas trees and gave that poor boys arm a break! :) Love seeing what life in Africa is like for you 2, keep the pictures coming! Love you!

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  4. I love this idea, the money we could make walking up and down Ft. Union selling stuff. Thanks for sharing all the pictures, I love them all, and I love you so much.

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  5. Stop and Shop? Brilliant! Sure love all the pictures!

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