Comments on: Ugali http://bitterjug.com/blog/ugali/ Mark Skipper's continuing adventures Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Shell http://bitterjug.com/blog/ugali/#comment-501 Shell Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=104#comment-501 I'm impressed that you even attempt to make ugali. I stick to eating it with beef stew at lunchtime. My colleagues seem to be impressed that I always choose it over chips - like the guy in your Machakos hotel. And they tell me that an African man has to have ugali every day. I've explained that I usually cook spaghetti but apparently their husbands complain too much if they serve that as its just not filling enough - evidently you are not a real man if you don't eat ugali. <br /> <br /> Sorry i missed you VSO folk in town this weekend - what did you get up to? Had just got back from Wajir after a very long bus ride - left the house in Wajir at 2.30 am, arrived at home 5.30 pm, very sore backside and hadn't gone to bed the night before and so, for once, was sensible and went to bed early on a Friday night. I now know just how flat and sandy Kenya is from Garissa upwards - that's absolutely flat and nothing but sand - for hours and hours and hours - just the occasional goat or camel to liven up the journey. Coming back I found myself thinking how lovely Mwingi looked and realised it was just the first sighting of hills and green stuff. <br /> <br /> See you soon? I’m impressed that you even attempt to make ugali. I stick to eating it with beef stew at lunchtime. My colleagues seem to be impressed that I always choose it over chips - like the guy in your Machakos hotel. And they tell me that an African man has to have ugali every day. I’ve explained that I usually cook spaghetti but apparently their husbands complain too much if they serve that as its just not filling enough - evidently you are not a real man if you don’t eat ugali.

Sorry i missed you VSO folk in town this weekend - what did you get up to? Had just got back from Wajir after a very long bus ride - left the house in Wajir at 2.30 am, arrived at home 5.30 pm, very sore backside and hadn’t gone to bed the night before and so, for once, was sensible and went to bed early on a Friday night. I now know just how flat and sandy Kenya is from Garissa upwards - that’s absolutely flat and nothing but sand - for hours and hours and hours - just the occasional goat or camel to liven up the journey. Coming back I found myself thinking how lovely Mwingi looked and realised it was just the first sighting of hills and green stuff.

See you soon?

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