Friday, April 27, 2012

600 Kenyan Shillings

....which is just over $7 most of the time, will get you:

  • 6 liters of milk (~1.6 gallons)
  • A pound of lean ground beef
  • Half a wheelbarrow full of compost manure
  • 1/4 cup dried blueberries 
  • Less than a pint of grocery store ice cream
  • An imperfect but pretty 16-inch flower pot
  • A mediocre sandwich on decent bread
  • A pair of beaded flip flops
  • Half, yes HALF, of a 99-cent made-in-China bouncy ball (I paid for a whole one...)
  • 5 Roma tomatoes, 10 carrots, one red onion, a pound of fresh snap peas, 2 heads of garlic, a bunch of basil, 5 apples, 2 yellow bell peppers and a pineapple

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