Global Poverty Monitor

After lunch we went back to the Central Markets again, since we all wanted another go at bartering and trying out the currency. I found that I’m no good at bartering – I get them down a small amount and then am so grateful when they agree to the new price, that I always buy at that price. I know that if I continued I could get them down lower, often to half of what they originally asked for, but I just don’t have the knack to do it.

After the markets we went for another long drive – this time along the beach and up to some fish markets, where many boats were docked offshore, and fishermen were swimming to and from the boats with fish. There were many children about, and women walking around with baskets on their heads, carrying fish. We stopped there for a while, while Cardoza turned the bus around in the soft sand, and gave out some toys to the children through the windows. Other people gave tennis balls and balloons, and I opened up one of my packets of 10 glowing bracelets and gave those away. I want to save most of my presents for the villages and schools in Tete, where we will actually get to meet the children and do some activities with them.