Here is a look at the "Grand Marche" in Pointe Noire, very busy and crowded..fish preserved in salt at left, and fresh..
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Pictured above are bags made of "plarn" or plastic yarn, strips of plastic cut from shopping bags. These bags were for sale in the market in Pointe Noire, I had never seen how to actually do it, and this lovely young lady showed me how. I thought it would be a good use for the bags that litter everywhere, but they were using new ones, which of course are clean and easier to work with.
Here is a seller of cloth material or pangas printed in beautiful colors and busy designs. I was surprised to find many of them are manufactured in England. The ones I saw cost about $10.
The French influence shows in the sidewalk cafes on Avenue Charles DeGaulle
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Here's the ad on the wall at "La Citronelle" and the reality of living it up in Pointe Noire.
1 comment:
Tres bien, Carolyn! Wonderful shopping in Pointe Noire. I know you must be feeling right at home. The "shops" in Pointe Noire look a bit like they did in Lilongwe, is that right? Not really proper structures or buildings, but rather outdoor markets and free-wheeling entrepreneur types trying to sell you stuff. I love it.
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