This is a view of the market area of Dodoma. What I consider the "Hardware" street, but mixed in are various housewares and small general store type markets. The vehicles are in working order, but handcarts are used the most for getting things around. You can see the stacks of large water bottles on the right. Note the brightly colored signs,..that is where you can get your cell phone need taken care of, from charging to chips, buying minutes and phones. "Everyone" uses a cell phone, but text only for the most part, the rate to speak voice to voice is very high, as opposed to the cost of sending a text that can be very long! (It still takes me forever to type, best at "yes" and "no" and "OK!")
The Supermarket:
In downtown Dodoma there are two “supermarkets” for the westerners to find those items that make us feel at “home”. Things like labeled spices, peanut butter, cereal, butter, cheese, packaged fruit juice, bug spray, toilet paper just to name a few. I am looking forward to having, hopefully, someone let me watch them cook. We have had two meals in private homes that have been incredible and I would love to add a few of the dishes into my vocabulary! But,…as expected neither had recipes.
In the mean time I am able to find most things we need or think we need here or across the street at “Two Sisters”.
The owner of the supermarket, note the fresh eggs, I have never seen them refrigerated. When I first arrived, before we had our small refrigerator, we just keep them on the shelves in the pantry. The shelf life is much longer here, and I must admit the eggs are one of my favorite things, always brown, the yolk is very light. Very good!
I still have not braved the butcher shops so if the meat is not frozen,… we do not have it! I have been given two recommendations from others and will soon take that step! Until then, eggs, frozen sliced ham, pork sausages, and fish for us! All located in the deep freezers you see under the windows. The Bags in front of the boxes on the floor is white flour, I have learned to buy that when you see it. I make our bread, three loaves at a time and the white is great,...because at least one is cinnamon raisin! Gave one loaf to Thomas the houseman to take to his wife, never seen that for sale here. 
"But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal." Matthew 6:20
