Caboose

While I was shopping yesterday I spotted a woman selling cashew fruit. Here’s what they look like:

I saw them a lot in Abuja but the selection of fruit available in Kaduna isn’t usually so good. They’re a bit strange, sweet and fruity with so much juice it’s best to eat them outdoors but a sort of “dry” taste. The bit sticking out of the end contains the cashew nut, which is not edible raw and will cause nasty skin irritation.

Marion and I popped up to Zaria on Sunday to see some of the VSOs who are at the Theatre for Development workshop up there. A few of us then went into town for lunch and a stroll around the old city.

The traditional houses in Zaria often seem to be brightly painted, the Emir’s palace (on the left) was the first of these we saw. Strolling through the old city we came across several more in a similar style and also some traditional buildings with more modern uses.

There would have been more pictures but my camera has developed an intermittent fault. Sometimes it seems to be getting no signal from the image sensor, giving all-black pictures. I’m hoping it lasts for my remaining time in Nigeria.