Day 96, Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Luanda, Angola 🇦🇴

Today our port was Day was Luanda and Barbara our shore guide scared about the area, they were so worried that they even sent a note to our cabins, telling us that, we shouldn’t even wash our hands on land as the water is soooooo bad, you don’t want to touch anything that had been touched by water! 

So, with trepidation we decided to go ashor and see what was at the market. Before we got off we went down to deck three, the promenade deck and see what the dock looked like. And all the tour buses were out there, and they had a police escort, in the front and back. Well that was a bet worrysome, so now we’re talking about staying on the ship, when they announced that there was going to be a shuttle to the market, and that it was right by the port, so we said we would go and check it out. And we were glad we did. 

We were stuffed into a small bus, but it was air conditioned and that was wonderful, as it was really hot and humid. It was about a 10 minute drive to the market, and the market was small but interesting. There were crafts, and from what Barbara said, anything we would buy, would really help these people, as they had been at war for so long, and were just getting back on there feet. Did I need an excuse to go shopping, naaaaa so off we went looking for treasures. And we found a few, not a lot, and we didn’t bring much money, and then when the money we had was all but gone, Ed found something he thought we needed to buy,,,,, and we didn’t have enough!  So off we went back to the ship, to think it over,,,, and we did, and got more money! 

And this was what we bought!  And that’s the artist that painted the picture. 

 

 

The market, the fabrics were wonderful, and many people bought head wraps, more about that later. 

Just to let you know we had no WiFi for the last five days, so I am playing catch-up. 

Quote: “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”   - Oscar Wilde