ShoppingForDinner

Doug has become a bargaining wizard with all the fruit peddlers that we meet. From them we buy fresh pineapples, mangos,bananas, avocados, apples, oranges, and watermelon. There are also a huge array of fruits that we can't identify and we are trying to work up the courage to try them. Most of the vendors speak only Tetun and our Tetun isn't good enough to understand their explanations. We have to be careful to eat only fruit and vegetables that we peel ourselves, or are well cooked. The water situation is tricky. The only water we drink comes from sealed bottles and we even need it to brush teeth. Beer however is perfectly safe, so we feel compelled to play it safe and drink lots of beer.