Hujambo!

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Living and working in Nairobi, Kenya

Tala Cracks Me Up

One of my buddies works in a photo studio in Tala’s market. I hang out there after work sometimes and all sorts of people come by for various reasons, mostly to get pictures taken. Crazy people, drunk people, desperate people, etc. A few weeks ago someone asked if they could take a picture with me. It’s not the first time someone’s asked me, so I said yes. We took a picture with me holding his tray of wares (match boxes, tea strainers, strings, q-tips, etc). He walks around the market selling those trinkets for ten shillings apiece, so you’ll hear him shouting kumi kumi kumi (meaning “ten ten ten”) when he’s making his rounds. He’s a funny guy who talks a mile a minute, and I’m pretty sure he was sober, albeit very eccentric.

The picture was taken on a non-digital camera and scanned, so the quality isn’t so good. Enjoy!

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5 Comments to “Tala Cracks Me Up”

  1. Thaths says:

    I used to frequent one particular kumi shillingi vendor in the “Machakos” stage mataatu stop in Nairobi (you know, the one where mataatus to tala take off from). I bought bottles of water and small things from him. His face would always light up on seeing me. And people at the stage soon knew I was friends with some locals and stopped hassling me.

    • Alan says:

      I think I’m like you. The guys don’t hassle me anymore because they know I’m just a local. I walk through the stage in Tala like I own the place, haha!

  2. Chikita SOUTH AFRICA says:

    Hilarious!You have to be good at balancing to pose like that guy.

  3. glo UNITED KINGDOM says:

    loving the fellas Masaai style leg pose

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