We are told that Trinidad is the cheapest place in this part
of the world to buy food, so we have been stocking up LARGE. We emptied one of the cabins, filled it
with plastic crates, rented a car and started buying.
Here in Trinidad there are a number of bulk buy
supermarkets. If you are from NZ,
it is like going to a Pak’N’Save on steroids. One of the stores, Pricemart, is a huge warehouse, at least
4 times larger than any supermarket I have seen in NZ. You push your oversized trolley around
warehouse isles with no fancy shelving in sight. One side of the store is dedicated to household goods,
ranging from 50inch LED televisions, digital cameras, refrigerators and
barbeques to socks, prams, beds and Christmas lights. On the other side is bulk food. You can’t just buy one pack of muesli bars: they come in
packs of 64.
After 6 trips to various supermarkets, filling our poor
rental car to the ceiling until it scrapped over every bump, we think we are
done. We have filled one cabin and
every shelf, cupboard, nook and cranny with more than 4 months worth of food
and water. I feel like I am living
the “Tomorrow when the war began” dream – if there is a world crisis anytime
soon, we are good to go!
Water ballast!
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