In Tanzania, I’m going to need to wear long skirts. Long skirts are not exactly a part of my wardrobe. So I needed to go find some. Last spring, I asked a student where the Somali girls go to get theirs. She gave me the addresses of a few shops near downtown. I went to two places.
The first place had a few things. The brown and the green one came from there. They had many skirts, but I’m not exactly tall, so I had limited choices. The second place had a very helpful person in the shop. She was Indian. She recommended cotton for travel and showed me some of those crinkle skirts. I was trying to decide on which two to get. I had made my decision, but she knew that I really liked the pink one too. So when I came to pay, she gave me a deal and discounted the three so they were all a nice price.
The skirts are also easy to travel with. You can basically roll them up in a funky little ball and you’re set. You certainly don’t want to fold them. I probably won’t take all five. But they’re fun skirts and they didn’t cost much.
