The flower shop under the tree

As I've mentioned before in this blog.... ever so often, Tanzania will redeem herself. It usually happens just as I'm ready to write her off.

I bought one and a half dozen roses yesterday for something like TSh7500 - RM19 and USD6.

They are so beautiful that they're literally breathtaking and I just had to get out the camera:




I've taken a similar photo as the one below and I don't think I'll ever get tired of snapping these shots:


One and a half dozen roses back in KL would have cost me an arm and a leg. If I were crazy enough to attempt buying them during Valentine season, I'd have to throw in a kidney too.

Even if I was willing to part with my arm, leg and kidney, I'd still have to drive a bit of a distance to get the roses and I'd most likely be stuck in traffic if I didn't time the trip exactly right.

Over here, the guys who sell me these perfect petals are just a 3-minute, traffic-free drive away.I don't even have to get out of the car because they come right up to my window with their flowers. It may be a 'down home' establishment made up of a some buckets plus a few rickety wooden crates under a tree but their flowers are unparalleled.



Of course, I have to contend with the bumpy, muddy, unsightly 'road' leading out of my apartment to the tree but it seems like a small price to pay for the sheer beauty of these roses.

As I said, once in a while , if you give her a chance, Tanzania redeems herself.