The first one that caught my eye was a man selling jackfruit while I was en route from the airport to the hotel. Just like my coffee-fiend friends who can spot a Starbucks from a mile away, I have a finely-tuned pattern-detecter for the distinctive yellow flesh and jagged green outline of the jackfruit.
The traffic in Dar es Salaam (population 4+ million) can be congested, just like most other big cities, providing plenty of opportunities for creative selling at the car windows of stalled traffic.
These can be snacks, such as chips of something.
Colourful sunglasses.
It is hard, dangerous work. They have to take frequent breaks.
Corn. They are very skilful, being able to balance heavy loads on their heads. But how does she get the heavy basket of corns on her head in the first place? With help, of course. I saw how a man help the lady load it onto her head.
Sugar cane. They peel off the thick hind for you. It makes sense, since it is quite hard to get rid of it yourself.
Oranges. Here the oranges are not orange in colour. They are green but reasonably sweet. I haven’t yet figured out why they scraped off the thin green hind before they sell it to you.
Water. Life safer in such hot and humid weather. Selling it is hard work, however.
Colourful towels. Imagine covering yourself with heavy towels in 30+ degree weather under the sun?
The people here are hard working. Many of them, at least.
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