Hey pals, here is my first Image of the Day post from Kampala (Uganda). These are very simple images that can still show quite a bit of the area in which I’m currently living. The whole area is called Kinawataka (Ki is read ‘Chi’) and specifically in Kireka. My accommodation is located in the Kireka part, very close to the slums.
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Hey there!
Finally, I managed to get back to the Interwebz, so that I can update the blog a bit.
I find myself in Uganda, and specifically in Kampala. Amazing city, really.
Totally different from anything I experience in my life. I felt like in one of those ‘on the road’ documentaries, where they show the very active and busy streets, even at late night.
I haven’t had the chance to take any interesting picture, mainly because I feel I should get acquainted with the surroundings before pulling out my camera. Yeah, I admit it, I am still quite afraid to take any picture in public, especially in some areas, such as the market or the slums, although they are surely the places where to capture the most interesting shots.
I am trying to get to know as many people as possible around the place I currently live, so that I won’t seem too much of a stranger to them, in the long run.
I found already that I really love passion fruits!
First Impressions:
Kampala is a very active and busy town, which you realize only when you find yourself on a boda-boda trying to sneak around the several trucks and cars on the road (yeah, very dangerous!).
People here are commonly very friendly and polite, although some of them often try to overcharge foreign people.
Also the kids are very friendly and say hi/bye to the passing strangers, usually adding mzungu (word use for denoting a ‘white’ person).
So, don’t feel uncomfortable if some young child says ‘Bye mzungu’, because it will happen quite often, especially if walking by slums.
I usually take the time to say hi to the kids and introduce myself, as well as asking their name (and trying to remember it); in that way, I hope, they won’t remember me as one of the many mzungus who crossed their life.
I actually happened to meet a kid I met the day before and, this time, he greeted me by name (that really made my day!).
The movie:
We managed to shoot all the scenes we needed in 4 days and now the post-production phase began.
By the end of the month, I hope, we will get some footage that I can actually show!
I will try to start taking some pictures as soon as possible and do something similar to what I did in Croatia (Image of the day).
Take care for now.
/N.
Hello everyone,
the Spring finally arrived and I also start being much more active.
Not much to say about me other that I am soon going to be living and working in Uganda for the summer.
I am so excited and so looking forward to it, especially now that I have a new lens to my collection (for whoever is interested: Nikkor 70-300mm ).
I got all the vaccinations done and almost ready to go!
As a side note, I also started working on a movie project, we are still at pre-production phase, but whenever we get some stuff to show, I will surely upload them here.
This is it, just a quick update. Expect some pictures in the following weeks.
/Nesh
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