Back in Luanda

Back in the city... I got a new camera in Joburg on our way back from Zambia. I got a nice proper one- a digital SLR- the Canon EOS 450D. That doesn't really mean anything to me, but for some of you who are into cameras and stuff, mayeb you care. Anyway, I'm not looking to become a super photographer, but, I like taking nice pictures, and I guess this little hobby is just another something to do here in Angola (where sometimes you do have to LOOK for something to do!).

So, I've been toting the camera around places we go- like on Easter Sunday when we drove into the city to have Easter dinner with some friends. I took these pictures along the way... just to give you some more idea of the city, of what we drive through, the feel of the place.

This picture shows two things you notice in Angola- first of all, just how WHITE that lady's clothes are, and the fact that she is carrying her handbag on her head, rather than on her arm.

Those of us who live here and have access to normal washing facilities cannot keep our clothes that white, so it's always a wonder when you see these women (it's always women) walking around town in clothes that are SO WHITE! They break em out most often on Sundays for church.


Here you see ladies selling clothes. I've heard that one of the problems here is that when people receive donated clothes from NGOs or whoever, instead of keeping them and using them, they sell them. Maybe that is what is going on here, maybe not.

All around Luanda you see clothes hung out like this. I think I mentioned once LOOOONG ago that life happens on the streets here (which is very opposite to the "west" where we do things indoors behind closed doors in general). Life includes clothes and shopping for them...so, this is where you might go pick out a new pair of shorts or a new shirt.

Shanty towns as far as the eye can see.

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