01. ARRIVAL TO MOMBASA AND BAMBURI

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01. ARRIVAL TO MOMBASA AND BAMBURI We depaed fom Khaoum on Augus 5, 1964 a 4AM on he Bsh Awas ea monng fgh o Naob. A few pesons knew he me of ou depaue -- defne nobod of he Yugosa commun.

1 01. ARRIVAL TO MOMBASA AND BAMBURI We depaed fom Khaoum on Augus 5, 1964 a 4AM on he Bsh Awas ea monng fgh o Naob. A few pesons knew he me of ou depaue -- defne nobod of he Yugosa commun. Ou good fend n Khaoum, Abde Ham Shawk, aanged wh a poce offce o ake cae abou us he momen we ae hee. The fgh had a dea so we anded safe a Naob Inenaona Apo a b ae ha monng. We dd no hae o wa fo oo ong fo he fgh connecon o Mombasa hus. Ljjana and Vesna ew he dsance dspa sgnpos a he Naob Inenaona Apo Befoe we few o Mombasa on Augus 6, Sho befoe mdda we aed a he Mombasa apo whee Ms. Mand was wang fo us aead. We saed n he Na Beach Hoe ha was he adona boadng house suaed a he man and Na pennsua souh of C of Mombasa. Ms. Anne Mand, Managng Decos wfe, ef us soon wshng us a good es needed bad afe he pas ahe excng 24 hous snce depang fom Khaoum. The nex monng woud sa he seousness of he new segmen n ou fe bu n an ene dffeen suoundng. In Mombasa we hae expeced moe secu and safe fo ou fuue consdeng he hazads of fue depaue fom he Sudan. We wee on he bes wa o demosh he es wh ou home coun ha was Tos oaaan sae defne fom now on. The nex da a faco de pcked us up eang me ou on a he faco he wa ou fom Mombasa own nohwads whee as Ljjana and Vesna connued on o ew he house ha compan bough ecen. Fs I wen o see D. Mand n hs offce n Head budng and he noduced me o a seno saff membes. Lae he ook me o a oom ha woud be m offce fo a sho whe a eas. Accodng o he ak wh hm n Ma 1963 a Khaoum apo one ancpaed ha I woud sa a Bambu Poand Cemen Compans (BPCC) Woks fo abou 3 o 6 monhs a maxmum. Howee ae uned ou ha he kep me fo amos hee eas. A mdda D. Mand ned me o hs house fo unch whee Ljjana and Vesna wee wang aead. M wo gs wee so exced abou he house he had nspeced n he monng. Ljjana asked ou hos f we coud moe no as soon as possbe. The house was amos fu funshed and compans sked wokes wee o compee he efubshng n no me afe a. Thus ou hos pomsed o fuf Ljjanas deaes wsh and wo das ae we moed n o ou new esdence. 1

Genea ew of he OCEANIC Hoe as seen fom he appoach oad. The house had been bu on a coa head oucop an d had a wde eanda oeookng he Bambu Beach some 100m fa ou on. D.

Beond he eef seched openness of he Indan Ocean n a s wdeness and spendou ha coous changed a he me wh da moemens and da ghs.

2 Genea ew of he OCEANIC Hoe as seen fom he appoach oad. The house had been bu on a coa head oucop an d had a wde eanda oeookng he Bambu Beach some 100m fa ou on. D.Mand s house was suaed nex o he coas and was some 40m gh down fom ou new domce. Fom ou eanda we coud see he coa eef cea and hea he que oud suf on some 400m caw-fgh fa ou on. Beond he eef seched openness of he Indan Ocean n a s wdeness and spendou ha coous changed a he me wh da moemens and da ghs. Ou new domce was a 6-ea od dweng eeced on a po of abou fou aces of amos psne and no fenced n a a now. Thee wee a few age ees and seea papa asg ow nga ong heno he np o sbounda.be ond he a eonehee was he gn bush n ha pobab ed some numbe of wd anmas ncudng a age a e of dudus ( = nsec soan h ng haceeps). Ljjana woud hae a o of wok o make he gaden o he keness ha was a huge fee space aound he house now. Fo he me beng hee wee wo gass ee sufaces on and beow he bacon a co a ockf ac e has neededga dene saendance. The wes fon of he house ewed fom he access oad. Afe unch anohe supse on ha fs da was wang fo me a he faco. I go fom he compan sa second-handvw Bee e Mode 1951 fo ou pesona usage. The ca was of he same pe ke he Ra we hae had n Khaoum - excep fo s coou ha was bege now. The ca had some km on s achomee bu we kep b he 2

Aead on he second da I had o f o a consucon se of he new Cemen woks some 30km noh of Da-es-Saaam c. I ook he commeca fgh fom Mombasa a Zanzba o Da-es-Saaam asng some 2 hous que a wase of me.

3 fome owne.thewo ksga age ookedaf e sma n enanceandicou dd awf ee peo fom p anpe os a on.theo d Bee e seed us we houghou he whoe me of ou sa n Kena. We had used on man safas some of wh ahe ong dng of 5.000km and wh some damac oubes abou hese I ma we ae. M new job asked fo a m awaeness and aenon as dffeed ene fom he one I had n Khaoum. Aead on he second da I had o f o a consucon se of he new Cemen woks some 30km noh of Da-es-Saaam c. I ook he commeca fgh fom Mombasa a Zanzba o Da-es-Saaam asng some 2 hous que a wase of me. Passenges wee no aowed o ge ou dung he on sop of some 30 mnues n Zanzba. Coe seeds suck on sma pasc bas wee he goods ha one coud bu on boad on. Smuggng of coes fom Zanzba was sc fobdden and sood unde seee penaes hen. A ha me Zanzba had a oaaan communs ke egme unde he gudance of DDR (= Geman Democac Repubc). Lae eenng I was fng back o Mombasa whee he de had waed o ake me o he hoe. Ljjana and Vesna (ef) and Zonko ( gh) on he da we ef he OCEANIC o Bambu. On he h ddawemo ed o ou hous eand heda ou nes a edf oa hee of us. We wee expeced b fe membes of he od househod saff: a cook, a house se an,a nanee ( ch d en snu se)and woga dene s.a of hem had nhab ed na sma house bud of concee bocks and coeed wh cougaed asbesos shees suaed nex o he access oad some 30m fom he man esdence. Seeng he awang and ahe uncean ooks Ljjana has made he decson fas: we woud no need he nanee and he cook. She kep Mgand as he house sean and he wo gadenes named Mwacho and Ngoa. Mgand was a good woke bu he dd eun f om h sb efhome ea esusua w hade aofdaomo e.af esomelj j ana s sen wanngs ha he woud be dsmssed nex me - Mgand noduced on hs own epacemen Kassa some me ae. In genea I hae saed m wok n he Man offce a 7AM and Vesna joned me on he de o he faco oca chupcompan sschoobushee. The chden wee den o he aous schoos n Mombasa so Vesna go o he Loeo Conen Gs connung he educaon whou an neupon hee. Mos Ljjana woe down on a pacua pece of pape wha ee she needed n he kchen o fo he househod ke fus, egeabes and ohe ems sa fo ceanng ec. A unch me I woud coec a he puchases ha had been deeed o m offce wheeas he b wen o he accouns. Ljjana dd no need ong o oganze ou househod and she go used o he oca makes n Mombasa as we as oo man shops and sas aound hee. Soon she had 3

4 saed gong o own b hesef o oban wha needed d ngoucavw Bee e we go fom he compan. On fs f ewda swo dogs sed ou house pang aound he coa oucop dung dagh. Ljjana fed hem occasona and he ounge one he wo go he smpah nsan. The owne of he ede dog was he fome owne of ou dweng and he woud eae fo Souh Afca soon and ake he dog wh hem. The ounge of dogs was named Knocke and beonged o an Engsh coupe o eae soon oo. The coud no ake Knock e w h hem due ohe quaanne ues n UK. The coupe saed jus fo a sho whe n a house nex o ous bu on he coas and when he ef Kena fo good we ook Knocke fom hem. Ou new househod woud be compee on when he dog Knock e woud jon us ae. Knocke saed wh us un we woud eae Kena o an unknown pace n he s undscosed me n fuue. The fon of he house bu on a coa oucop ewed fom he gaden beow. Seea das afe we moed n we aended a faewe pa fo m meno fom Un. Pof. Oo Wene fom Zageb. We euned home fom ha pa n Mombasa Cub sho of mdngh and hae no checked whehe a wndows pope cosed a gound foo ee. The nex monng we go he shock dscoeng ha hee had been a buga dung he ngh. We found open he naow wndow a he gound foo fo WC of ha we hae fxed he see hande keepng sgh open jus fo enaon. I was obous an eas job fo a hef o ank up and ene no he house as we dd no hae a dog e. We caed he poce nsan bu he aed he nex da on o deemne wha mssng. A poce offce od us o be ahe paen because soone o ae he woud cach he hef he pomsed hs a eas. Soon afe hs ncden Ljjana caed on he fome house owne askng o ge us he dog as soon as possbe. So he nex da he depang Engsh ad bough Knocke oouhous ew ha dog s be ong ngs back o s house. Snce ha da Knocke saed wh us and we hae no had an unwaned sos hee afe. Knocke ooked ke an Asaan song bu wh a feasome ookng eeh when bakng o gowng. Thebu g a ooklj j ana ss awhaw hadeco a eb a ded ed-whe bbon fed on and he pa of m back shoes he on I had bough hee. B fa moe wose was he 4

dsappeaance of m beaufu zad-skn befcase n ha I packed few offce papes and he passpos of Ljjana and Vesna. The ae ones I was supposed o hand oe n he Head offce a monng.

5 dsappeaance of m beaufu zad-skn befcase n ha I packed few offce papes and he passpos of Ljjana and Vesna. The ae ones I was supposed o hand oe n he Head offce a monng. Ou Yugosa sas wee o expe n due couse so we needed some knd of Kenan offca documens o enabe us aeng fee n he Eas Afcan Unon. The Unon was ceaed b he Goenmens of Kena, Tanganka (ae o become Tanzana) and Uganda. The membes of he Unon had joned n he anspo faces ke habous, awas and aoads, and cusoms. We had o app fo he documen knownas he Th eepa epass hawou dbeofhe pf ome a e ng oda -essaaam moe ofen now. Of couse, he oss of he wo passpos was a gea shock fo us. Founae Compan hed mpoan nks o he Kenan Goenmen ha heped ha we a go ou Thee Pae Passes soon afe. Luck fo me I ef m passpo n he offce afe m fs fgh o Da-es-Saaam n Tanganka. Thus he pocedue go hough fas and we amos fogo hs nas ncden. Vesna and Knocke pose on he wa of gaden access sas o he house seasde (easen) doo. An unexpeced un n hs fs unpeasan een occued few weeks ae bngng he who so o a humoous epogue. Dng on he wa o he own (ef-hand dng n Ken a)lj j anas po edhe gh e ows awhaonana e sheadwho waked gh aong he oad. Taken b supse she decded fas unng n he fs access oad ha ead o a sea-sde odge. Ang a he Whe Sands Lodge she asked fo he manage and hen expaned o hm ha she wans o ca he Na Poce Saon fo hep. The manage eped smng ha hs woud no be necessa as hee ae wo guess n he odge who woud dea wh he demand. The wo genemen uned ou o be he hgh ankng poce offces fom Naob on eae. Leang he beakfas boh jumped up geng o he ca od Ljjana o eun o he man oad and o de sow owads he ncmnaed peson. When Ljjana came o he pace whee she saw he Kenan he jus had dsappeaed. She sopped and sad apoogzng o he poce offces foowng he ha he man has anshed. One of he offces poned o a bush ack and od Ljjana o de n sow onwads. The man coud no be fa so she shoud pass hm and hen b a hand-wae pon ha hs s he peson he woud be ookng afe. Tue, Ljjana soon saw he man wakng few hunded mees n fon and he een sepped asde poe o e he pass. The appoac h ngof f c e scas oppeda hemanw has awhaab up.anof f ceof sepped ou and pued he poo chap whou an oube n he ca. Then boh cas 5

connued on hs bush ack un he aed o he Bambu age and unng ef foowed he man oad o Mombasa. The whoe scene dd no as ong and afe a whe boh cas aed o he Na Poce Saon.

6 connued on hs bush ack un he aed o he Bambu age and unng ef foowed he man oad o Mombasa. The whoe scene dd no as ong and afe a whe boh cas aed o he Na Poce Saon. Thee he fesh cape wen sagh o a wa and sood hee s eanng on wh boh hands up fo he poce seach. One of he hgh ank offces ponng o he ob ousbu g asm ng sa d: Yousee,Madame,hehassomeex pe encew h he po ce.see,heknowshow obeha e.hewas oubu g a. Ths s ou house seen fom s souh sde dung he d season soon afe ou aa. The buga go no he house hough he naow wndow sencond fom ef a gound foo. Seea weeks ae Ljjana wen o he Cou n Mombasa o aend he ega acon of a buga. The accused admed he buga exenuang hs acon as beng unde hemoon s nf uenc e.thes awhawasoneof hee dencesp o dedb hecou ncudng m zad-skn befcase. Few seems of wee cu ough open fo a bee ca ngofo heobj ec sf ound nc hap sposs ess oneden fom some ohe bugaes he had done. The wo Yugosa passpos wee sod o Tanga (a habou n Nohen Tanganka) and m shoes wee gone fo good oo. Ljjana dd no wan back he on down saw ha. The skn of m befcase was e much uned and cu seems made useess fo anhng excep fo anohe unfounae buga pehaps. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 6

08. PARENTS ARRIVE TO BAMBURI IN AUTUMN 1966

08. PARENTS ARRIVE TO BAMBURI IN AUTUMN 1966 We wee back home a Bambu on Sunday Sepembe 4, 1966 ae afenoon and wee happy accamed by ou hee sevans: Kassa, Ngoa and Mwacho. The ae was a b appehensve as Knocke