Aunt Jemima Sighting
Someone actually moved that syrup bottle from a completely different shelf on the opposite side of the aisle and photogenically placed it right there, like they knew some random American with an eye for details would soon be strolling through the Riohacha Éxito and might want to take a photo after discovering that Aunt Jemima was still alive and well. Excellent foresight anonymous good samaritan, muchas gracias! © TravellingCurmudgeon.com
We headed out to the newest, biggest, most modern shopping mall here in Riohacha the other day, just for a change of pace, to see some new streets (nice ones too!) and pay our phone bill. Surprisingly, even we can't spend all day every day at the beach. It was also a great opportunity for one of our absolute favourite things to do while travelling, yes that's right: wander around a giant supermarket to peruse the products, brands and prices!
After not being especially impressed with the selection of fruit and veg, fondling a baguette for what might have looked like an excessive amount of time if anyone was watching us, but they ensconce them in paper here so it's hard to determine quality (eventual verdict: not good), making an alcohol discovery that later required a good 30 minutes of googling (and its own post) and failing to find any eggs from 'happy chickens', we eventually ended up in the baking aisle.
Wait, wasn't Aunt Jemima - that wonderful, warmhearted, old Mammy from our innocent childhood of subconscious social conditioning - officially sent out to pasture last year, after Corporate America realised that overt racism might finally start hitting profits? Yup, she sure enough was. However, guess we shouldn't have been that surprised to see her down here, still living her best 19th century life like nothing of note had happened back in the old country, as she obviously isn't the first infamous Western character to have faked their death only to turn up in South America….
[NB: Yes, that was a fairly long walk to get to a Hitler joke, but as we've mentioned in numerous posts, free time isn't something we're short on down here in Colombia…..]