Posts Tagged With: Lamu
Museum and Whispers (The one where we are tourists)
By now, it was our second week-end in Lamu, and we were planning to go to Malindi. Alas, laziness prevailed, and we decided to postpone that to the next week-end. Instead, we figured we could hang around Lamu and act touristy for once. Which is how (most of) this album came along. It was a good … Continue reading
The last one with field notes
As I already mentioned, I only have field notes for a teeny-tiny part of my stay in Lamu – this is the last post including that. Therefore, from this point onward, the posts will be focused on particular topics, as my memory is fading and I cannot recall precisely what I did when (not that … Continue reading
The one where I feel like I’m living in Stars Hollow (or The one with the creepy guy)
This one goes out to Cristy. July 25. At 2, there’s a “strategical” Save Lamu meeting, and we tag along to see what’s being discussed. Since we are the first to arrive at the office (d’oh, we were there at 2.15-ish – everybody knows that a meeting called for 2 will start the very earliest at … Continue reading
When we use politicians, they will also use us (The one with a shell from Shela)
Cliché shot of footsteps in the sand July 21. We have a meeting scheduled for the afternoon, and before that we go with J. to the school manager, who is part of the organization we are working for. He gives us a (very) brief overview of the Lamu Town performance. “Our school is always the first … Continue reading
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail (The one where I pretend I’m Dutch)
July 19. The first meeting we had with the local organizations went a little less well than expected. The main reason was that one of the older guys who attended was fairly annoying, and quite vocal, so he made le big mess. A good lesson for future meetings – plan ahead. There were 3-4 women at the … Continue reading
From Nairobi to Lamu, and our first days there (The one with Bob Marley)
Since this is the part where I was still hoping I could keep up a field journal, and since I’m an advocate of honesty, I’ll post here some parts of my field notes (the ones I now deem cool enough). Enjoy! July 16. Today we flew from Nairobi to Lamu. Our flight from Wilson Airport was … Continue reading
What about Lamu, what was up with that?
Lamu is this awesome island off the northern coast of Kenya, where I had the privilege of living for five or so weeks. And no, I did not bribe anyone for that, I was just incredibly lucky. In the following posts, I’ll try to give you an overview of the fun parts of my stay … Continue reading
