Shopping in Ponta d'Ouro

This is the main street of Ponta d’Ouro, just over the South African border, in Mozambique.  It is accessed by 4×4 only, with a rabbit warren of dirt roads from the border post, and very few sign boards.  If the road wears out, you just start a new dirt track, and all roads eventually get you to the village!

There is a slightly more salubrious shopping area, but this one was charming and we could not buy the bizarre electrical adaptor I needed for my computer in the ‘smart’ part – we had to come shopping in the village.

Basic food is displayed in colourful array along with the traditional drink of bright red Spar Letta mixed with Rum.

Furniture is displayed in the open air, both upholstery and carpentry, you can get your tyre repaired if the repairman can be persuaded to wake from his post under the nearby tree.  All typical of rural Africa.