A little demoralised, I set my targets low of finding some shops to get some food at.
The concierges here are great, they stood out in the cold to get me a taxi and explain to the driver what I wanted. The taxi dropped me off a few kilometres up the main road the hotel was on and the shopping complex had a mini mart and a KFC-like restaurant, named Dico's. Luckily for me, they had the menu on little cards, so I could just point at what I wanted.
Food was pretty good, then I went for a look in the main supermarket, which seemed to have most things. Picked up a beanie while I was there, plus some sugary goodness and made my way out. Even found a few Australian products on the shelves. Mostly juices.
It was dark by the time I got out, and the lines for the taxis and the buses were rather long. So I decided to walk back, as it wasn't too far and I needed to see if I could.
And indeed I could, though everything is rather slippery, so you have to walk in a shuffling manner and I only went arse up once.
The roads are constantly swept by people dodging traffic and stacking the black snow in little clumps either in the middle or edge of the road. A truck will come along later and another batch of people will shovel the black snow into the truck.
There are places to cross the road, but people seem to do it anywhere, often getting caught in between traffic. It's not too bad, as the traffic tends to move slowly as it's snowy and slippery as is.
I got back to the hotel, consumed some sugary goodness and hit the bed.
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