Happy New Year!

I decided we needed a treat for New Year's Eve and so organised a shopping trip for Michael (he's 22 and needs organising or else he'd spend the day staring in to the middle distance) and me. 

There are lots of bicycles here, apparently donated by Holland, very simple and geerless.  When they're not in use by the owners they're on the side of the road available for hire, going rate 8 pence an hour. We set off early,  before it became too hot,  and cycled to Lupiro, the nearest metropolis with a butcher.

We bought some lovely beef that Cessie turned into a delicious 'pilau' (rice, beef, onion, ginger and garlic). The plan was to make a fresh salad, and here it is with avo, red onion, toms, cucumber, green pepper and a squeeze if fresh lime. It went down well with the locals.

To round off the meal we bought the makings of a fruit salad... mango, pineapple, banana and lime juice. Delicious, or as the Tanzanians sayabouy anything good, "Fresh". There was even enough pineapple left for me to make pancakes the next morning. 

You're probably thinking I've had too much sun to get this excited about something so simple but the staple meal is rice and beans; delicious but a bit samey! The accompanying mango was my own purchase to jazz up the day a bit. A small outlay at 8 pence!