Comments on: impressions #1

By: paul merrill

paul merrill — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:27:59 +0000

Great post!

Yes, it’s amazing what stuff you can get at Nakumatt. I particularly loved the “dark skin” razor.

By: Riemer

Riemer — Mon, 22 May 2006 05:55:37 +0000

Vielen Dank für Deine Reisebeschreibung,
ich bestelle den Zimmer-Springbrunnen und die Verpackung des Nass-Rasierers,

liebe Grüße,
riemer

By: Ntwiga

Ntwiga — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:46:34 +0000

JKE

Shaver for dark skin . . . what is it meant to shave, skin or hair? It says less bumps and less irritations but says absolutely nothing about cuts and scarring so maybe they know what they are talking about . . .

Nakumatt is a joke indeed, the furniture there is definitely good for a laugh. The worst part though is that the wanna-be crowd are just eating that stuff up. It just goes to show that sometimes you can have more money than sense.

Hope you are enjoying your trip. Keep the posts and images coming.

Steve

By: Mimmz

Mimmz — Wed, 17 May 2006 16:01:38 +0000

LOL, at the table. One can only imagine. Nice pics. I forgot what the shelves look like at the stores… I mean supermarkets. Salt still costs Ksh 8/=? That absolutely gives new meaning to “you aren’t poor until you cant afford salt”. I hope no one is eating the damn canned corn. Not while mama Juma has some fresh corn in her kiosk right next to some fresh sukumas and spinach. Oh, the things I took for granted!

Request: Please find a man roasting maize with the red chilli and lemon and post a pic. Or anyone frying fish by the roadside in a black karai.

By: Irena

Irena — Wed, 17 May 2006 13:45:35 +0000

Impressive , impressive Juergen. For me being away from Kenya and seeing that the same issue I prolly made noise about 6 years ago still persist saddens me such as the issue of “responsibility”. With your mention about that Karatasi and no one feeling the need to collect it .There is this mentality that as long as “haiko kwa nyumba yangu” then I do not care is so prevalent in Kenya. I know the City council is supposed to take care of cleaning the city but should wananchi just litter trash carelessly just because it is someone else’s job to do so?
Jke you are funny ati”your skin is not dark skinned”. ROFL Pole you are now sidelined from ever getting a Bic Shaver at Nakumatt . You should air your concern to Bic for forgetting that there “other Kenyans” who are not really dark skinned”:-). You asked of where has “harambee gone. Well Kenya is becoming more and more capitalistic society and some of collective responsibility is dying of pole pole.
On the artificial stuff in nakumatt, ati who buys such stuff? Haiya , you will be suprised.
Hey I’m waiting to see the mushrooms of “Shipped from Dubai” Kiosks in Rivaaa roli(river road) and I hear in Moi Avenue … Weka Picha …..
Oh now I’m so home sick, I want to come home *sob, sob*

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By: Ms K

Ms K — Wed, 17 May 2006 13:05:06 +0000

Oh and I hate the way they’re demolishing old buildings and houses all over Nairobi for concrete monoliths. The city is loosing much of its character.

By: Ms K

Ms K — Wed, 17 May 2006 13:00:47 +0000

Brilliant posts Kikuyumoja! Hope you’re enjoying your visit. I guess you’ll be the wide-eyed German speaking dude I run into along Jevanjee?

Isn’t the furniture at Nakumatt just atrocious!!! Sometimes when I walk around the furniture section I just want to gag. That table – quadruple gag!!