Shopping in Ghana

One of the definate advantages of Ghana is that you can buy almost anything you need either:

1) by the side of the road

Carpentry/Woven goods shop

2) Whilst sitting in traffic

I've heard it said that with a bit of luck you can get most of your shopping done whilst being caught in a bad traffic jam and I believe it. You can buy almost anything from these sellers trolling up and down the 'car parks' of Accra from mentos to phone credit to books, skype headsets and crockery (quality not guaranteed)

 



3) off the top of someones head

Sunglass Salesman

Bread Lady

Ofcourse the down side of this is that often the particular persons head you need at the particular time you need it is not always around and you often find your self chasing women down the street and almost tackling them to buy a banana. (it's only funny when you see other people doing it). The moral of the story is - don't tick off the pinapple lady - cause she'll bluntly ignore you.

We've found a really awesome place to buy our veggies - yes these ladies can find you almost anything you need - some things they'll haggle on other things have a set price, red capsicums are the delicacy of the month. It's true, their store is set up in the corner of a petrol station but for all you Public Health nerds you can keep all those stats about the effects of petrol fumes on fresh produce to yourself.

Ofcourse the down side of all this great outdoor entrepreneurialship is that when it rains nobody really bothers to get out of bed, the city becomes strangely quiet and you're left eating baked beans on toast for dinner.