I love to eat healthy and I love to save money. Airbnb is the first step in saving money when traveling. It's cheaper than a hotel and you can make your own food. I only make my own food when in the USA or abroad and when I was in Cape Town in 2015 I jotted down some good deals. I saved the sheet and now that I am in Port Elizabeth I have expanded upon it. $1 basically = 14 Rand.
There are great deals on Avocados here. Last time I paid around $2 for a bag of small ones. I have been without avocados this trip because I don't need to buy any. The less than $20 I have spent on the following is all I need:
I discovered a place called "Eyethu's Fish Market" located at 76 Westbourne Road. I think it is mostly a wholesale place. It is hard to tell. There was a sign outside of the place (they don't have a web site) that said: "5 KG Frozen Pilchards 120 Rand"
Sure enough I was able to purchase 5 Kilograms of frozen Sardines (same thing as a pilchard) for the equivalent of $8.63! There is a photo of me below with the frozen sardines and the coconut oil I purchased at a nearby Spar super market (Five Ways Spar).
At the Five Ways Spar I purchased the following:
1 Liter container of Coconut oil for 65 Rand- $4.67! Coconut oil is a great way to get healthy fat.I had no idea I was getting the sardines at the time. The container is huge. I have never seen the equivalent in the USA.
30 eggs for 35 Rand! $2.50!
1 KG of golden delicious apples for 10 Rand. Basically 12 small apples for a total of 72 cents!
My "treat" which is still darn cheap is locally made Peel's Peanut Butter (just made of South African Peanuts!) 400 gram container for 38 Rand= $2.73.
Total spent on food for this 13 day stay is 268 Rand= $19.25
This video shows what the Indian Ocean looks like around here (if you like Bitcoin you will like the content of this video).
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Adam