I woke up early (well for recently) and was out of bed, ready to take on the world around 7:30am. I got busy with the Beast, cleaning the interior and repacking it in a more efficient, logical way and writing down where I put everything. I also stripped all the seat covers and had the ladies wash them. The result was a car that has a lot more space inside then before. A few more tweaks and I will have it perfect. The whole day i felt full of energy. I had breakfast ( a change) of Pronturo and then for lunch i had fried fish with my new favourite sauce; a sort of mexican tomato relish. I must say Kasahun has done a great job in having the cook modify her cooking style more to my tastes. This means more vegetables, and they are crunchier and less oily!
In the afternoon I headed to a nearby cafe for my local freshly squeezed orange juice which is always so uplifting, especially in the unusually hot sun. I also had two visits paid to me by the mechanics who were...how should i put it...eager to get paid. I was very unhappy about the quote they had given me versus the actual amount. It was not the inaccuracy of the quote per say; it was that they had left the vat of and at 15% its works out to a lot...around R1000! Although they acknowledged they had made a mistake they took zero responsibility in meeting me half way. In the end I left it in Gods hands. Since they wanted payment in cash they would have to wait another day. Oh I also removed the dressing from the guards head-wound. He still refuses to go to a hospital so perhaps Taryn can check it out on her return.
In the evening I thought I would go and check out what the supermarkets had to offer and head to Bole Road. On the way I stopped at an internet cafe where they literally dialed the telephone line so I could use the internet...and not beep, beep beep...no it was the old fashioned one like back in the 80's! I did managed to check up on my email and my rss feeds. I realised how my unnecessary the information I was inputting into my brain each day was and how much time was being wasted. Hopefully I can stick to my changed ways!
Next I visited Ethiopia "Supermarket". Now these "big" supermarkets are about 1/10 of Pick n Pay Constantia Village. They sell the full range of foodstuffs, albeit just very limited and VERY expensive for anything imported...which is just about everything :P.
After Ethiopia I tried Shoa Supermarket. Take cheese, the cheddar or Gouda you and I eat for R45 a k/g. Here its around R300/kg, I kid you not! The local cheese, which I bought, is about R55/kg and tastes something like salted rubber, reminding me of the the cheese patties i bought in the villages of Peru when hiking. Pure fruit juice (from Cape Town interestingly enough; although i have never seen the brand there) goes for R20/l but i am so glad they have!!!
Heading home, I read the qu'ran, prayed, watched some television and headed to bed. For a change I had really worked hard!
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