Walkabout

Rowan, Charayna and I were out walking around the neighborhood the other day and came across this little park so we decided to check it out. It was a nice green space (there are few of those here) with lots of trees and nice landscaping. It seems that the men tend to take afternoon breaks when they come to read and take naps in the park. The women continue to work! As we walked around, we came across the cutest litter of puppies, probably 12-16 weeks old. I just couldn’t resist and had to go over and see them. We could have taken any one of them home with us. The mother was nowhere to be seen, so we hope someone looks after the poor little fleabags.

As we went on our way I had to stop and check out this construction project. I have been noticing that the scaffolding they use to put up around multistory construction is all made out of wood poles tied together. Yes, TIED TOGETHER! It just amazes me that the workers walk around up there on nothing but sticks tied together with rope. We have seen 10 story buildings completely wrapped in this kind of scaffold. Yikes!

Charanya took us on another outing so we could start looking for some kitchen utensils we would need for our own apartment that we move into on Monday. We had our driver take us to another part of town where our friend Shubha said there is supposed to be a good utensil shop. We arrived at this little street that was lined with all sorts of shops and vegetable carts. We came across this interesting chalk drawing on the street, of Jesus on the cross. We found it interesting since this is a primarily Hindu region.

As I was taking this photo I looked up and had a cow coming right for me! Toro! Toro! I said. The locals on the street were very amused by this.

We found our utensil shop and proceeded to get a big pile of assorted containers, cutting boards, chopping knives, frying pans, etc. All of these things we will leave with Charanya when we leave our apartment. The wheeling and dealing was so much fun. We walked out of there having only spent $26 US. It is amazing how cheap things are here. As we were getting ready to leave the shop and find our vegetables, another cow was at the bottom of the steps just hanging out. I love it! Here are some photos.

Thank goodness fresh food is so plentiful and inexpensive here. We were able to get this beautiful selection of fruits and vegetables for only $3.60 US. We are definitely in our food element! :o)