Travels and other things

The quiz for today is how much was the cost for this amount of food. The chips that look like Pringles are actually called Kracks and the are made in China ( a real good imitation), the drink is all local as is the bread. The candy bar looks English but its from South Africa under license from Cadbury. The peanut butter and Mayo are USA. Now for the total, $37. Thats right 37 dollars. The big costs were the peanut butter ( 7 dollars ) and the Mayo ( 3.50 ) and the candy ( 2.50 ).

At the beginning of the month the company ( Bristow Helicopters ) gives us our CLA, which is Cost of Living Allowance. Its 2500 naira per day, or about 24 dollars. They give it to us in cash, thats 78,000 naira in 200 and 500 bills. We shop at a little market close to the houses in the compound and get fresh stuff like Apples, Carrots and Eggs from some vendors that come in door to door. A dozen Brown Eggs cost about $2.50, so you can see we have to be careful with the imported food and use the local stuff if you can see that its good. The carrots I got look like the ones I used to grow, all different shapes and sizes. The eggs boiled perfectly though.