Yesterday, Karen, Ti Luckner, Odner and I headed to Saint Marc to pick up supplies.
Truck “Tap Tap” broken down taking people to market
On the way there we have to pass through the town of Pont Sonde. This town has one of the largest markets on Sat. What a site!! The roads are wall-to-wall people, vehicles and animals. Some people are busy carrying their wares to set them up for selling and others are there to buy. We made our way through the throngs of people and continued on to Saint Marc
We needed to go through Saint Marc to the other side of the town in order to get propane. Well, half way through the city there was a roadblock so we had to take a detour. We tried to turn right to go down another road only to meet another huge truck coming on our side of the road because he didn’t want to wait for the buses that were in front of him. Following behind him there was a parade of motorcycles wanting to do the same thing. Karen inched her way in between the motorcycles and the people and after a few more turns we were in the middle of another market. Totally INSANE how everyone is all over the place!!! I told Karen that I was going to nominate her for Driver of the Year Award!. I also asked her if they had to do a driver’s test to which she busted out laughing! We found our way back onto the main street. However, the road we took to get there was like a paved highway compared to the main road.
The propane station is just outside of the entrance to Saint Marc, which is also the station for the UN.
You would not believe the tight spots Karen had to drive through! Our vehicle was just inches from the cars on one side, and hordes of people on the other.
We had to pick up some supplies at a hardware store and then we went to Deli Mart. That was like finding a McDonalds in Fiji for me. Americanized food. We had lunch and then shopped in their store. They even carried Swiss cheese. There were security guards with guns at both entrances. I was relieved to finally be on our way home, only until we were going through Pont Sonde again. By this time some of the crowds had dispersed but it was still quite crowded.
After an hour of being back safe on the compound we got balloons, cookies, and drink ready for the party. We celebrated the birthdays of JJ and Moise. The kids had fun with the balloons and especially the glasses that I made them out of the crazy sticks.
~Brenda
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