https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/adventure/the-human-safari-and-all-its-smells/ Uganda & East Africa Travel blog Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/adventure/the-human-safari-and-all-its-smells/#comment-35586 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:03:51 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=70#comment-35586 […] Owino Market (St Balikuddembe) and the surrounding markets in downtown Kampala have more clothes than I’ve ever seen in my life. Imagine London’s Oxford Street, Petticoat Lane, the biggest Marks and Spencer you can find and Primark: take everything off the shelves, pile it high in neatly folded layers or mountainous heaps; remove the roof, take away the flooring and replace it with a fractured and muddy uneven mess; run some sewers through it. Condense this into some dark passageways where it is almost impossible for one person to pass – let alone for one person to pass, one to sell and another one to try on jeans – turn off the lights, fill it with more people carrying suitcases of goods on their heads; and then perhaps you can start imagining Owino. How our friend Alan came shopping here with three young girls quite amazes me! […]

]]> https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/adventure/the-human-safari-and-all-its-smells/#comment-21949 Tue, 10 May 2016 06:54:02 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=70#comment-21949 […] no single shop in Kampala sells winter or mountain gear! Our only recourse was to get the stuff from Owino – a downtown second-hand clothes market – via Sula, Isaac’s old friend. Sula’s efforts to find this gear in Kampala were both […]

]]> https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/adventure/the-human-safari-and-all-its-smells/#comment-13903 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 06:47:23 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=70#comment-13903 […] no single shop in Kampala sells winter or mountain gear! Our only recourse was to get the stuff from Owino – a downtown second-hand clothes market – via Sula, Isaac’s old friend. Sula’s efforts to find this gear in Kampala were both impressive […]

]]> https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/adventure/the-human-safari-and-all-its-smells/#comment-11879 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 06:31:11 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=70#comment-11879 […] is old, it’s less a market, more an enormous shopping mall. I guess I’ve become used to the hectic street markets of Uganda, with their earth floors and ramshackle shops. In stark contrast, the Grand Bazaar’s streets are tiled, the whole place is well lit and […]

]]> https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/adventure/the-human-safari-and-all-its-smells/#comment-1406 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:09:58 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=70#comment-1406 […] 30. Owino market has everything you could ever want to buy, but it’s hard work. […]

]]> https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/adventure/the-human-safari-and-all-its-smells/#comment-611 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:11:05 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=70#comment-611 I’ve missed your comments Em! Now my blog’s on WordPress, commenting is even easier – no need to create a password 🙂

]]> https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/adventure/the-human-safari-and-all-its-smells/#comment-180 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=70#comment-180 Yippee! I've managed to get in again! It's only taken 8 months! Very much looking forward to your visit home where it is still sunny – yes, sunny and has been for 2 whole weeks. I need to know your folks' details so I can make my way up to the Cotswolds in 3 weeks time – can't wait!
Em xxxooo

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