Comments on: Our man in Mombasa http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/ Mark Skipper's continuing adventures Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:57:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Cad http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/#comment-1134 Cad Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=254#comment-1134 Huzzah for 'Our Man In Mombasa' :)<br /> <br /> > Tala has been chilly lately. I slept with a hat on last night<br /> I'm sure it was a nice warm hat but I just can't shift the image of you peacefully asleep with a light Panama hat tipped down over your nose.<br /> <br /> love,<br /> Cad Huzzah for ‘Our Man In Mombasa’ :)

> Tala has been chilly lately. I slept with a hat on last night
I’m sure it was a nice warm hat but I just can’t shift the image of you peacefully asleep with a light Panama hat tipped down over your nose.

love,
Cad

]]> By: Raj http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/#comment-1135 Raj Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=254#comment-1135 I agree, and it has to be a panama, with a crisp white suit & cravat !!, oh don't forget the glass of Pimms on the bedside table !<br /> <br /> Either that or was the hat very cuddly :0<br /> <br /> Mark, sorry I've not sent any comments recently, but have been enjoying reading everybody elses comments. I agree, and it has to be a panama, with a crisp white suit & cravat !!, oh don’t forget the glass of Pimms on the bedside table !

Either that or was the hat very cuddly :0

Mark, sorry I’ve not sent any comments recently, but have been enjoying reading everybody elses comments.

]]> By: Penny http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/#comment-1136 Penny Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=254#comment-1136 hmmm, Pimms: "Bun IN, Bun OUT, Dinkidoo!" <br /> (i guess you have had to have seen the advert) <br /> I am glad you are off to Mombassa, dont forget the pictures please! Especially of the giant tusk things over the road there! hmmm, Pimms: "Bun IN, Bun OUT, Dinkidoo!"
(i guess you have had to have seen the advert)
I am glad you are off to Mombassa, dont forget the pictures please! Especially of the giant tusk things over the road there!

]]> By: Jan http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/#comment-1137 Jan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=254#comment-1137 Hi and how do you know about the tusk things penny ? and we are not too suprised about the shower it always felt dodgy.<br /> peoberbly your savour if truth be known,I thought a santa hat quite funny Love sis xxx Hi and how do you know about the tusk things penny ? and we are not too suprised about the shower it always felt dodgy.
peoberbly your savour if truth be known,I thought a santa hat quite funny Love sis xxx

]]> By: Penny http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/#comment-1138 Penny Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=254#comment-1138 ow, that was supposed to say "drinkidoo" curse my spelling-ineptitude! ow, that was supposed to say "drinkidoo" curse my spelling-ineptitude!

]]> By: Munuve http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/#comment-1139 Munuve Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=254#comment-1139 Mark, sorry for intruding your vacation in Mombasa/pwani. Just to give you a start and to respond to the statement that there does not seem to be anything written about African religion, I thought these books written by John Mbiti of Kangundo might be good reading.<br /> 1. Concepts of God in Africa. New York: Praeger, 1970. <br /> 2. African Religions and Philosophy. London: Heinemann, <br /> 1969. Mark, sorry for intruding your vacation in Mombasa/pwani. Just to give you a start and to respond to the statement that there does not seem to be anything written about African religion, I thought these books written by John Mbiti of Kangundo might be good reading.
1. Concepts of God in Africa. New York: Praeger, 1970.
2. African Religions and Philosophy. London: Heinemann,
1969.

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/#comment-1140 Mark Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=254#comment-1140 Munuve, you're not intruding on anything. My holiday away from Tala included a holiday away from computers too. I think the latter has contributed as much as my short time by the beach to my feeling a bit refreshed this morning. Your coments are most welcome. Where are you located now? It sounds like you are a teacher but also I got the impression from your other comment that you are now or have been in the USA?<br /> <br /> Penny, I don't know what the hell you are talking about, so nothing new there. I love you anyways.<br /> <br /> All of you, it was an orange, fluffly, shapeless, knitted hat that Megan made for me with her own fingers and needles. Munuve, you’re not intruding on anything. My holiday away from Tala included a holiday away from computers too. I think the latter has contributed as much as my short time by the beach to my feeling a bit refreshed this morning. Your coments are most welcome. Where are you located now? It sounds like you are a teacher but also I got the impression from your other comment that you are now or have been in the USA?

Penny, I don’t know what the hell you are talking about, so nothing new there. I love you anyways.

All of you, it was an orange, fluffly, shapeless, knitted hat that Megan made for me with her own fingers and needles.

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/our-man-in-mombasa/#comment-1141 Mark Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=254#comment-1141 Sorry guys there aren't no pictures of my trip to the coast. I did go to Mombasa and I saw the big tusks that arch over the street. I tapped them and listened to the noise to see what sort of thing they were made of. I also saw some of the old town which made me feel as if I was in Southern Europe. <br /> <br /> Interactions with people on the street felt very different from those I normally have in Nairobi. I was a bit cautious stepping off the bus, expecting to be swarmed by hotel touts and taxis. One taxi man said to me,<br /> "You need a taxi, sir?",<br /> "No thanks", I replied.<br /> "OK, welcome".<br /> I turned and stared at him to try and make sure it had really happened and that he wasn't being sarcastic. I am used to taxi drivers being intrusive and arrogant. Similar things happened when we got off the Matatu in Watamu:<br /> "Yes, my friend, you need a hotel?"<br /> "No thanks, I've already booked one"<br /> "OK"<br /> Just like that, the way it should be.<br /> <br /> The beach at Watamu was lovely. Stayed there slightly less time than I would have liked to but it had been difficult to book anything. I think there was a problem with the phone system at the beginning of the week as we'd tried to call and even sat in a tourist information office for an hour while a friendly Kenyan **dialed** a million numbers on a rotary phone before giving up. After a day spent on a dirty beach somewhere just North of Mombasa I tried again with my mobile and got through second time.<br /> <br /> So it seemed a rather quick break but enough to put some sand between my toes and some sunburn on my chest. I was feeling very bright and happy yesterday morning after my run to Nguluni. Slightly less so this morning, and even less still after I got a call from our ISP saying they're going to cut us off! :O<br /> <br /> So if it's a few days before you hear from me again, you'll know why. Sorry guys there aren’t no pictures of my trip to the coast. I did go to Mombasa and I saw the big tusks that arch over the street. I tapped them and listened to the noise to see what sort of thing they were made of. I also saw some of the old town which made me feel as if I was in Southern Europe.

Interactions with people on the street felt very different from those I normally have in Nairobi. I was a bit cautious stepping off the bus, expecting to be swarmed by hotel touts and taxis. One taxi man said to me,
"You need a taxi, sir?",
"No thanks", I replied.
"OK, welcome".
I turned and stared at him to try and make sure it had really happened and that he wasn’t being sarcastic. I am used to taxi drivers being intrusive and arrogant. Similar things happened when we got off the Matatu in Watamu:
"Yes, my friend, you need a hotel?"
"No thanks, I’ve already booked one"
"OK"
Just like that, the way it should be.

The beach at Watamu was lovely. Stayed there slightly less time than I would have liked to but it had been difficult to book anything. I think there was a problem with the phone system at the beginning of the week as we’d tried to call and even sat in a tourist information office for an hour while a friendly Kenyan **dialed** a million numbers on a rotary phone before giving up. After a day spent on a dirty beach somewhere just North of Mombasa I tried again with my mobile and got through second time.

So it seemed a rather quick break but enough to put some sand between my toes and some sunburn on my chest. I was feeling very bright and happy yesterday morning after my run to Nguluni. Slightly less so this morning, and even less still after I got a call from our ISP saying they’re going to cut us off! :O

So if it’s a few days before you hear from me again, you’ll know why.

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