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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Sights (bila sounds) of Uganda...the beginning

Okay, people, after sleepless nights, not scanning, but raving i have finally managed to get the pictures. This post's pictures are for the journey to Uganda. Since the journey was at night and i was camera happy, most shots were night shots (which of course you won't see because it was too dark to see anyway. I managed only a handful of them.

I thought it would be appropriate to start off with a picture of the explorer...



That's me on a typical working day. On this day i had no clean shirt. The only clean one was this one and it was attached to the trouser. Didn't have a choice... Huko nyuma you can spot a Smirnoff Black Ice, here we don't have ten o'clock tea. And i tried blocking off the numbers on that ka-paper on the comp tower. So sitaki kusikia ati kuna mtu anaitwa sijui bantutu ama wazimu mwingine milo ama madame kama jade, wanja the like, on the line for me.



The sun came up just before we got to the border. This was a tricky shot. The sun was behind us so i had to point the camera behind, cross my fingers and click away.



When i awoke from my slumber i saw this...I was shocked. I was wondering whatever happened to the kid who was on that seat. Mtoi ali-change nini?



Ah, beautiful Uganda. I had enough of these snaps lakini some crazy arse guy at the photo studio decided to tolesha only the ones he thought looked best. Idiot. He thought he was doing me a favour by not printing the rest. Did I say idiot before?



I thought this was interesting. Here is a business that would save a bundle on advertising. The name says it all.



This was one of the few many police check points we passed. What amused me is that cops here dn't stop you. The sign says "STOP" doesn't it? So stop. Sio kama huku Kenya guys pita mbio almost running over the cop. Oh, and ati if you refuse to stop, the dudes chase you. Na hutaenda mbali. Their motis have twin tanks, so...do the logic.



Boda boda tera dala kampala...The first of many encounters with these 'buggers'.



I landed safely and guess what the first stop was? Teremsha tembo kitambi kitokee...Malt these sides is known as Tusker, period. And yep they do have Pili. What amazed me was all pints were served chilled. Sio kama huku unaletewa moto (??) kwanza. This was my first pint in Ug at a place called "Car Wash". (The vodo i crossed over with doesn't count)



This here is the 'morgue' for flies. I don't know how it operates but flies always found themselves there...DEAD! Na hakuna cremation. This 'thing' is to be found at the Car Wash. Mnaonaje hiyo power of zoom? Eh?



The houses on the hill. This shot i took from the balcony at the crib where i would hibernate (and later cook myself a mess). This is Naguru, one of the seven hills.



Aaaaah the power of the zoom. I had to remove the other picture coz there was someone in the bafu.

I was just getting used to the camera here. As you will see later, they improved.

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22 Comments:

  • At 3:55 AM, Blogger Komi said…

    Of all your adventures, I envy the bus ride the most. I dread travelling that far on road...Nakuru does enough damage so I can only imagine.
    Nice photos.

     
  • At 5:08 AM, Blogger Unyc said…

    Dude...y u hidin ur face...it cant be that bad...

    Nice Pics!! where r the mama's n ur pal with plans A-H?

     
  • At 6:28 AM, Blogger Boy genius said…

    Dodge ball picts!!!!!???? I hoping to see a red blob of ink....

     
  • At 9:51 AM, Blogger Kabinti said…

    nice pics modo. ati the shirt was attached to the trao lol

     
  • At 10:00 PM, Blogger Aizoh said…

    Nice pics mazee lakini mbona kuficha sura bana? Ama haiangaliki?
    Will be travelling to UG soon. You available for a tour guide job? Ah no, forget it. you make a lousy one I remember.

     
  • At 10:47 PM, Blogger Milonare said…

    LOL Modo!
    That ka-overall ni ya kazi gani msee?? I recognise it as Mathare uniform plus zile reflectors ndiyo if you try to escape torch itakumulikia kama Chanchyn (sunshine)...
    Ndiyo ulikuwa mteja wen I tried callin you? Assi. Naenda kudelete your numba from my landline LOL

     
  • At 10:58 PM, Blogger modoathii said…

    komi, thanks.

    unyc and aizoh, it's like aco says in his bio at http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogID=51&blogEntryID=428, "i enjoy the anonymity the web affords me". i'd like to walk around tao without guys knowing who exactly modo be. sura pia sio ati ni supuu saaaaaana, but i'm not ready to reveal. naweza shtua wengine wapatwe na heart attack bana.

    boy genius n unyc, kwani ni request time? LOL. the others are on the way, i'm putting them chronologically. zitakuja. unfortunately however, paint ball pics are bilaz, sikubeba kamera siku hiyo.

    kabinti, yap. i have three like that.

    aizoh, call on me tupotee pamoja. kupotea ndio kujua.

     
  • At 11:00 PM, Blogger modoathii said…

    milo, kuna vile hiyo day nilikubaliwa kuenda field trip. kazi yetu ni ngumu...kufix malift si kazi easy.

     
  • At 3:35 AM, Blogger Jadekitten said…

    He he...

    But si u know I was expecting something different...he he....

     
  • At 3:53 AM, Blogger modoathii said…

    i know you were. i know you were. usijali saaana. yet.

     
  • At 4:09 AM, Blogger Klara said…

    I love da pix..espec ya hako katoi! LOL
    Usifichue sura Daddy! No matter da heckerin! Kip it that way!
    So u went by Bus??(Was thinkin vingine :=)

     
  • At 7:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    WHERE, I repeat, WHERE are the chick photos? the hot chick photos? coz i know you bumped into some of them along the way! where are they??

     
  • At 9:37 AM, Blogger Princess said…

    Lovely pics!!!

     
  • At 9:54 AM, Blogger Saadiq said…

    hey..u enjoying Uganda???did u have a go on those bodabodas...thats extreme sport in Uganda by the way..only way to get a proper adrenaline rush..

     
  • At 8:32 PM, Blogger Don_quixote said…

    Yes why ficha your face? ate what @ Unyc
    nice pics tho kwanza the sunset one, and yes where is the pic of the mtz?

     
  • At 10:57 PM, Blogger modoathii said…

    klara, usijali my identity is safe with me (and she-knows-herself)

    iwaya, patience braa.

    princess, dhanks.

    joshi, oh yes i did have a thrill per minute on them.

    don, mTZ is two posts away.

     
  • At 11:20 AM, Blogger Ichiena said…

    Hala! I know you. Kumbe you are a star!

    Lakini, kwani wewe ni firefighter or something like that – mbona hiyo shati inabling hivyo? Kama advert ya Jik Majik Colours sijui.

    Nice pics - I am salivating for Part II.

     
  • At 1:50 AM, Blogger bantutu said…

    Unajua ubaya wa ku-comment msee wa mwisho risto zote zisha chapwa,chambuliwa na zikanyanbulika...Aaaah yumbus io mboto yako iko!!
    Io kitu ya kutembea tao kaa hakuna muthii anakuelewa naifeel!!
    LOTFR@Stop sign man io place ni kaa ma-homeland kwetu...kwanza io shop!!
    Unajua mi huishi mtaa flani apo ivi...wale wathii wana hao karibu na Roaddi,keja zao zimepakwa rangi ati sijui Bamba 50, Chipsy, Kimbo, alafu yenye yu niudhi sunlight!!Waah! Msee haelewi mtaa anaezza kamm kwa dirisha yako anakushoo umuuzie fegi!! Heheheh!!
    Kungoja ndo tunafanya!

     
  • At 4:22 AM, Blogger bantutu said…

    Ooooh Na io mbisha ya Bob....Nysssssss!

     
  • At 11:39 AM, Blogger Savvy Dreamer said…

    i love this post... the pics were sooooooo cool man!!! :)

     
  • At 7:35 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Naaaaiiiis! Wee, upload hio, hio ya bafu tuiscope ama? heheheheh

     
  • At 11:12 AM, Blogger gishungwa said…

    Dude sisemi kitu i will find you LOL

     

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