Mud at the Market

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I had thought that the rainy season had ended, but apparently not! For the last few days it has rained a lot - often for most of the night and day. The sun does still make a brief daily appearance, thus justifying the Ethiopia Tourism slogan of “13 months of sunshine.”

Today, being Thursday, was market day! Although tempting not to venture out, it is the only place and time to buy decent vegetables … it is possible to buy sad looking onions and tomatoes at some of the small shops in town, but they are more expensive, not as good and not guaranteed to be there!

It is possibly the worst I have ever seen the mud at the market. Many women had given up on shoes and were wading through the quagmire barefoot rather than losing their slip ons. Men tend to go for the trouser-tucked-in -socks look. I am so pleased that I brought my wellies back with me when I went back to the UK; they may have gone to number one in the “Things I am pleased I brought” chart.

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