Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
The weather is always great in Nairobi, so being 25 degrees every day makes me forget that it’s almost Christmas time. There are some tell-tale signs though, like the workers in Santa hats at Nakumatt: We live near the Junction Mall, and I saw them set up a Santa corner–but it was only now that I noticed his hours: a … Read More
It doesn’t happen all the time, but as a foreigner you can expect to be approached for money when out on the street. For me it’s usually the same three kids living somewhere near my street–and my preferred response is to give them some bananas or other food, if I’ve just come from the store. Once, a man asked that I buy him a bag … Read More
Whoever designed this ad has clearly never seen a real rotary phone. (I remember we had a black one when I was little.) And yes, KFC will deliver to your house–via motorbike!
Peering out the front window, we saw baby N and her nanny chatting with some handymen, and our neighbour making use of an itinerant knife sharpener…
At first I thought Kenyans didn’t know how to spell “yolk”, but now I think it’s a ruse by egg companies to not be accused of misrepresentation (many Kenyan egg yolks aren’t very yellow indeed…).
A not-so-direct flight from Xiamen to Taipei–presumably to avoid the military airspace over the Taiwanese strait. What was making headlines in the Chinese news when we left: …and in Taiwanese news, when we arrived:
just some cute shots from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (a.k.a. the elephant orphanage)…
we’ve just come back from several weeks of holiday in Hong Kong, China (Shenzhen and Xiamen), and Taipei–and wow, was baby S ever popular! especially in China, where girls (and the occasional guy) on the street would often come up and ask to take a photo with him: (same thing with waitresses in restaurants, shop attendants, etc.) (not everyone was … Read More