Showing posts with label Lamu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lamu. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Yusuf's back

Looking for sea donkeys

The Matondoni Carrot Experiment



Rigorous scientific research in which we find that the donkey inhabitants of the town of Matondoni appear not to desire (or even recognise) carrots...

Sunglasses & sea-donkeys


Abdul has decided to jump into the sea wearing sunglasses. Aforementioned glasses disappear beneath the waves, our varied rescue attempts in vain.

The glasses have gone to the sea donkeys...

Samaki!*




The cats in Shella are finely attuned to the timing of the fishing catch!

*samaki is Swahili for fish...impressed?

Popeye arms...?

Long Turtleman



Was transfixed by the incredibly long man who watches over the turtle eggs on Manda island. He was described as 'poacher turned gamekeeper' as he is now paid a salary to watch the turtle eggs rather than catch 'em.

Stick dancing




Rushed sketches of stick dancing in Shella for a wedding.
The whole town seemed to be out for the stick dancing which was punctuated by a sudden torrential downpour - never seen so many people clear an area so quickly
(only the phrase 'here's one off the new record' has ever been the cause of such a swift evacuation from a place of entertainment!)

Wedding guests in Shella

Monday, 14 June 2010

Lamu in the rain






Sitting in a café in Lamu in a downpour in Lamu.
They are playing Demis Roussos(!)
The skinny man is looking for new tourists, it's a slow day