This picture shows the entrance to Park & Shop, one of our regular shopping stops. We do find parking spots at this store when we shop before afternoon. Parking is not planned or well provided for in Lagos. It is almost as if the appearance of automobiles was not anticipated. We pull in to the right of the cars you see. The driveway is wide enough for one skinny car to pass between the building and the aisle of large commercial generators that keep the lights on in the store. Many times we can not move down the narrow aisles in this store because it is plugged up with merchandise they are pricing and stocking on the shelves.
This is a picture of the outside of Opic Plaza where the Oasis Market is. The Afribank is the sign you can read to the right of center. The Oasis entrance is to the left. The mural on the wall is the only sign to announce the store. Despite the lack of signs, the place is always busy.
This is the entrance to the left of the "Welcome to Oasis Supermarket" sign. Large bottles of water are stacked to the sides of the entrance. This is very typical. Merchandise is stacked everywhere in these markets. They seem to almost take pride in how much of an obstacle course they create for the shoppers.
This man is Ali. He is the General Manager of our Oasis. His home is Beirut, Lebanon. He has given his personal cell phone number to Linda so she can call to see if they are baking wheat bread. If they are baking and we will be delayed in our shopping, he will put the number of loaves we want away until we get there. They bake wonderful bread, rolls & hamburger buns. His goal is to save a serious stash of money and immigrate to Canada, or the U.S.
This picture shows the entrance to Park & Shop, one of our regular shopping stops. We do find parking spots at this store when we shop before afternoon. Parking is not planned or well provided for in Lagos. It is almost as if the appearance of automobiles was not anticipated. We pull in to the right of the cars you see. The driveway is wide enough for one skinny car to pass between the building and the aisle of large commercial generators that keep the lights on in the store. Many times we can not move down the narrow aisles in this store because it is plugged up with merchandise they are pricing and stocking on the shelves.
This is a picture of the outside of Opic Plaza where the Oasis Market is. The Afribank is the sign you can read to the right of center. The Oasis entrance is to the left. The mural on the wall is the only sign to announce the store. Despite the lack of signs, the place is always busy.
This is the entrance to the left of the "Welcome to Oasis Supermarket" sign. Large bottles of water are stacked to the sides of the entrance. This is very typical. Merchandise is stacked everywhere in these markets. They seem to almost take pride in how much of an obstacle course they create for the shoppers.
This man is Ali. He is the General Manager of our Oasis. His home is Beirut, Lebanon. He has given his personal cell phone number to Linda so she can call to see if they are baking wheat bread. If they are baking and we will be delayed in our shopping, he will put the number of loaves we want away until we get there. They bake wonderful bread, rolls & hamburger buns. His goal is to save a serious stash of money and immigrate to Canada, or the U.S.
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