The Wal-Mart of South Africa

As Wal-Mart is to Southern-Americans, Pick-n-Pay is to South Africans. The stores are everywhere and they offer everything, from groceries to baked goods to clothing to hardware to gardening supplies.

My local Pick-n-Pay is conveniently located five minutes from my home. It’s a familiar and comfortable place. I would estimate I'm there 8 to 10 times a week, just as I am at Wal-Mart back home. Really, the only thing missing is the redneck clientele. (Although, South Africans do have a curious habit of frequenting public places in their bare feet ...)

Pick-n-Pay has become another key component in my cross-cultural experience of life in South Africa.