'Window shopping' takes on a whole new meaning in Kampala. You don't have to go to shops to pick up emergency (and not so emergency) items. You don't even have to go to shops to peruse items for sale. You can just drive to wherever you need to go (to work, home from work, or wherever you go on a regular basis) and stop - or even just slow down - near a major intersection, or take a bus from the taxi park, and you can buy almost anything you could wish to take with you.
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| Vendors at an intersection |
Here is the list I've compiled so far of items I've seen available for purchase through car windows at traffic lights or intersections, and through taxi-bus windows in the taxi park in town:
- Food & Drinks
- Fruit (passionfruit, lemons, limes, bananas)
- Packet of biscuits
- Water
- Soda
- Crisps
- Fried Grasshoppers
- Vegetables (shelled green peas, carrots)
- Chewing gum
- Cough lozenges
- Small assorted fruit plate
- Cakes
- Dried corn
- Nuts
- Icecream
- Personal Accessories
- Handkerchief
- Belt
- Jewellery
- Hair accessories
- Makeup
- Sunglasses
- Socks
- Necktie
- Nail clippers
- Pain balm
- House & Garden
- Mosquito zapper
- Mosquito net
- Table mat
- Passport holder
- Toilet paper (10 roll pack)
- Digital timer
- Loofah body scrubber
- Padlock
- Spanner
- Screwdriver
- Multi-grips
- Flags of various nations
- Educational wall chart
- Set of coat hangers
- Coat rack for wall
- Mirror
- TV remote control
- Plastic storage containers
- Cloths
- Fish in a jar aquarium
- Hedge trimmers
- Water flask
- Box of tissues
- Entertainment & Communications
- Books
- Newspapers
- Toy twirling drum
- Rubber ball
- Airtime (i.e. mobile phone credit)
- Inflatable toy penguin
- Inflatable toy aeroplane
- Toy instruments
- Bouncy ball with flashing lights inside
- Dart board and darts
- Skipping rope
- Car Accessories
- Steering wheel cover
- Mobile phone charger
- Mobile phone cradle
- Jumper cables
- Car floor mats
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| Vendors at the taxi park selling snacks through taxi-bus windows |
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