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We went to the local market to be shown where to purchase certain items. Mrs. Grace was our shopping-guide. The attached photos show the local extended-WalMart and us after our purchases.
We purchased some items for Mrs. Moono to "adequately prepare" our meals and also needed to get some pails for washing and collecting trash. Mrs. Grace showed us where we could buy onions and potatoes. We got four small onions for "one pin" (which is 1000 Kwacha) and four small potatoes, also for "one pin". These were purchased in the open part of the market.
Then we went to find some pails. Ronda wanted two blue pails, one for at home and one for at school, and two blue larger buckets, to be used as trash buckets at home and school. Here was where the fun began. The shop we went in was very dark, in contrast to the bright sunshine outdoors, so it took a little time for our eyes to adjust. Once we could see, there were clothes and items hanging from the ceiling and many things behind the counter. Getting the two small pails was no problem, there is a good turn-over in these. However, the demand for the larger "Blue Buckets" is not as great, so they had to scurry around to find a second "Blue Bucket". Once found there was more commotion in the back of the shop. Come to find out, the last large bucket must have been there for some time, because they had to clean out the remains of a dead rat (not recently deceased) before it could be sold.
We got our treasures and Ronda snapped the picture of Mrs.Grace, Gil with the "treasures" and Mrs. Sakala, with some of the market in the background.