08. PARENTS ARRIVE TO BAMBURI IN AUTUMN 1966

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1 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 dd no eun fom one of hs usua «ove safas». Howeve by some mace he dog appeaed an hou o so ae and we wee a happy euned agan. The ony hng I was ookng fo was a good bah and go o seep eay. Tomoow woud sa one of he mos demandng mes fo me po he defne eavng of Kenya someme eay n The consucon woks wee amos compee of Tanzana Poand Cemen a Wazo H. We had o dscuss he cv engneeng pojec conac due o he deay of some fou monh befoe coud be consdeed as cosed. The consucon woks a Bambu Pan wee n fu swng now and I coud be ha sevea pobems had asen dung my 3-week absence. I shoud foge he consucon of he Pesdens house ha mus pogessed fase han one woud nomay expec hee n Kenya. We wee anxous o ean abou he dae when my paens shoud ave ha coud no be easy o ean abou as hey wee supposed o ave on a Yugosav shp fom Rjeka. The sudden depaue of Wene Smonke due o hs deeoaed heah became he mos unfounae oss fo ou desgn eam. Wene ef Mombasa eay Augus fo a heah checkup n Euope fom ha he neve woud eun. Wenes heah dagnoss of he ung cance was defne and he ded a few weeks afe. We have os an appecaed and good cowoke and fend so hs famy ef o Euope fo good as we. Vesna waches a oose cawng acoss ou pahway dung a safa p. Soon afe ou eun fom he safa Vesna had saed he as em n he schoo yea of She was supposed o s fo he fna examnaon fo A eve cefcae n Novembe. We dd no have any doub abou he success so Vesna woud connue he educaon n a Seconday schoo n Euope. I was no cea whee I woud sa my offce wok n Euope as D. Mand had no decded abou ye. Thee wee a few aenave paces ke Venna o Munch o Lugano. The ae opon was amos ou of queson as he Paen company coud no ge a wokng pem fo me n Swzeand. 1

2 Afe D. Mand ava o Bambu n auumn hs demma soved mos unexpecedy when he announced he pace o be Sazbug n Ausa. Thus we coud sa he enquy fo Vesna connung schoong as we as ha she woud have o ean Geman. Ths woud be an eney new anguage fo he so we hough o ge he no a boadng schoo fo a sho whe a eas. Of couse I coud no spend much me abou conempang hese home deas as he desgn wok oad esed fuy on me. Tbo Gaa poved o be a dong we epacemen fo Wene and he had heped a o beng an exemey fas dafsman. I had s a few pedcamens wh he conaco of Wazo H woks. The Quany Suveyos have submed he fna Woks B. Howeve he amoun fo a consequena damage fo he oss of 4 monhs had o be dscussed and ageed upon by he Conaco fs. I was a ahe decae suaon ha coud be soved by he Managng Deco D. Mand afe a. In he meanme he consucon wok a Bambu Woks go up wh gea speed. No by concdence was he same conaco ke he one a Wazo H ahough wh dffeen se saff. The Cek of Woks M. Ted Hoskns was apponed o Bambu wok se andhe became a gea hep o me. I have eaned Teds abes dung he amos 2 yeas of jon coopeaon a Wazo H. He was a gea hep o me and I have eaned a o fom hm egadng he conac pocy and nenaona ues. Ted became a good fend of my famy and enjoyed hooughy chang wh Vesna ha woud mpove he knowedge of Engsh anguage and eaue (Shakespeae!) as we. Zvonko nspecs consucon of he sea-wa poecng Pesdens Jomo Kenyaa gaden. I spen few hous oung sevea consucon ses a Bambu as he fs objec n he monngs. In heafenoon I vsed he Pesdens house se on Bambu Beach somemes. Ye I had o go hee amos day when Mzee Jomo Kenyaa was on he vs o Coas o be hee a he ageed me o have ea wh hm. The consucon hee wen we on and we go he oof on n Sepembe aeady. One day I noced dung my nspecon of he neo a wde coumn mdway of an ach ha opened a boad vew fom he ba owads he Ocean. Theconacos manage od ha he had o pu hus coumn on he sc ode of he Pesden. Wh an unhappy face I wen o see Jomo who was wang fo me wh he cusomay ea me aeady. Whou any noducon hesad smngy I knew you won ke! meanng he coumn. Afe a mos coda convesaon he Pesden jokngy sad Woud you agee o educe he coumn wdh o say 9 nches? Thus boh of us woud save ou faces! So shoud have o be by he Pesdena ode. 2

3 A day o so ae he Pesden waned me o consuc a sea-wa aong hs popey. We ageed ha a wa was obvousy needed hee as he gaden eve was jus some haf mee above he beach sand dune. A hgh de he waves woud easy eode he gaden and gass hee oo. I dd no ke he dea of eec a wa of age coa boudes ha was he case a a few beach houses. One woud eque a vey age numbe of boudes o be bough fom he facoy quay. No an easy ask a a! I pomsed o have anohe hough abou he consucon mehod un Mzee comes hee nex me. Tue o my pomse I desgned a new eanng wa made of pefabcaed eemens. The mehod conssed by he excavaon of coumns n sand down o he coa ock eve unde he poecon of ø60cm concee ppes. Ppes had o be fed wh concee addng some enfocemen cagng. Thus he wa suppos a 6m c/c woud sand so ha he sea waes coud no move o coode hem ehe. The suppos caed pefab concee beams on op of whch a ow concee wa had been cas no a shueng of decoave pefab 60x60cm concee sabs wh washed face. The sea-wa was amos compee as one had o pu on he pefab coppng ony when he Pesden aved nex me. Hs amazemen was genuney gea and he odeed he ea o be seved a he coppng eady secon nsany. Sng on he coppng became a favoe pace fo he Mzee Jomo Kenyaa ae. The sea-wa s amos compeed as vewed nohwads on he Bambu Beach. I have o adm ha hs ype of sea-wa was a ban dea of mne as dd no cos much o he Company as fo maea spen o poduce. The sea-wa hed hough many seasons of soms and hgh des and I do hope ha s s nac hee. Peope dd ask me abou he consucon mehod and coss bu I pomsed he Pesden o keep as a sece as ong wo of us ae ave. Jomo eay ked me and he poudy showed me he Famboyan ees gowng we a he oad sde fon of hs house. Ljjana had sen Mzee ee shoos and Jomo odeed fo each of hese sma unks sma hached oofs o be made as fo poecon. The ees gew fas and eached we above he oad se of gaden 3m hgh wa of concee bock wok n a few yeas aeady. Ths wa bu n a ahe decoave manne nvened M. Fabzz who was Chef of Woks Budng Depamen. On ou eun fom he safa eay Sepembe we found sevea ees fom ou paens and eaves fom home. Howeve he ees fom my paens wee a b confusng and hee was no confmaon on whch Yugosav shp hey woud boad on as we as he 3

4 day of s depaue fom Rjeka. My fahe had sopped hs awyes pacce afe moe han 50 yeas of sevce some monhs ago. My paens house had been sod oo. They had o move he beongngs and some funue o my sses fa o o a soeoom. The new fa n Osjek had no been eady o move n ye. The vs o Kenya woud gve hem some me un hey coud move no he fa. A bef noe nfomed us ha my fahe had some heah undscosed pobems. Zvonko enjoys sng on he compeed sea-wa of he Pesdens gaden. The ees wee fu of summe hodays evens ncudng he news ha boh houses a Sagad on Hva Isand had been used by he fames.ljjanas mohe successfuy compeed ebudng he new house a Faneovća Squae so was occuped ke he od one known as Vba as we. I have aanged wh he Yugosav Embassy n Naob o send he vsas o my paens enabng hem o ave o Kenya. The confmaon had been pendng oo. The Kenyan Eny vsas woud be ssued on he ava n Mombasa so we dd eveyhng one coud unde he pesen poson. I go he confmaon fom my bank n Mombasa ha execued he ansfe of US$100 o my paens oo. The ava of feyboa cossng he Mwapa Ceek ha was cose o ou house a Bambu. As days passed we go he deveoped fms wh he pcues fom ou Uganda safa. Someway we wee sad abou he oss of many pcues on one compee fm ha had no been anspoed n he camea by my msake. On a fm he emuson meed as he camea was exposed o sun obvousy fo a onge me mos pobaby dung he mud ap accden. Ohe pcues wee fne bu he oss of many dozens of hem dd 4

5 hu my phoogaphes vany. In he meanme I odeed wood panks fom oca had wood o be cu o sze and poshed. The dea was o use hese panks fo makng wo age unks n ha we woud pack ou beongngs when movng o Euope someme eay n I hough abou usng hese ncey poshed panks o ceae some funue o sheves a ou new domce ae. We sen a ee on Sep 30 o my paens ha woud be he as one po o he ava. Ye hee wee no nfomaon abou he shp hey woud boad as we as he day of he depaue fom Rjeka Po. Neveheess we saed pannng wha coud be of nees o hem o vs n ou neghbohood as we as whch safas we shoud undeake wh hem. Thus I have booked he unque hu of Kan Lodge n Tsavo Eas o show hem how one kep gong on a safa n he eae yeas.a day ae mohes a sho ee aved sen fom Po Sudan on Sep 25. They ef Rjeka on Sep 20, 1966 and he expeced ava was se fo he Oc 6. Unfounaey mohe dd no menon he shps name n he ee. Now we wee cean ha hey woud ave so I conaced he Agen of he Yugosav shppng company n Mombasa. He pomsed o e us know when any Yugosav shp shoud be due o he Kndn Habo nsany. In he meanme Ljjana saed he n house pepaaon fo he accommodaon of my paens. Few days she go a ea shock n neaenng he guess oom fo a one-day say of he deco M. Bde of MOWLEM conaco. He was due fo aks on fnazng he paymens fo he conac of Wazo H Woks consucon. The feyboa cosses Mwapa Ceek by man-powe. The men pu on a chan spannng he ceek. Ljjana founda age numbe of geckos eggsunde he pow so she suspeced Vesna o behnd hs nonsense. Tuy ae Vesna admed coecng he eggs ou of WC vod coves shakng hem ou fom wo hoes n he undesde of. The geckos wee a ea nusance as hey woud ay he eggs a evey wam pace even n he efgeao coong ge ha had o be dsmaned fo ceanng.geckosdoppngs spoed he abes o paes o even food f ef unpoeced. Once we coeced he geckos n a boe wh a wde openng ha I ook o eease geckos on he facoy geens o a s fam. Ye he numbe of faen of as was amazngy age evey me. I made me sck geng d of he weckages fom he boe somehow. Beeve was no a peasan job so we sopped hs pusue afe a whe. Vesna go an aquaum as he pesen fo he bhday ha had o be kep cean so was Ljjana who umaey had o cono he busness. The numbe of fsh speces 5

6 was eavey sma conssng many of guppes. Ths knd of fsh poduces a age numbe of offspng bu he ede ones ea hese youngse hus conong he own popuaon o a cean exend. Thee wee anmas o ook afe ke he 4 gunea-pgs named Romeo, Pp, Dappedy and Appedy as he ony femae of. The fou pgs moved feey a he gass ondo of he ound-abou suounded by ow bushes a he house fon. Knocke ked eakng hem of hus amusng hmsef wh fo a bef me. Ye he dog was exemey good o fnd gunea-pgs a he hdng paces n bushes when one had opu hem n oa saf e boxf o he ngh. Lae n he yea Vesna woud gve away a he anmas ncudng he aquaum when became sue ha shoud eave Kenya fo good. The handng ove o a schoo fend say of an aquaum o gunea-pgs ec. was obvousy a sandad pocedue. Vesna hodng a of he fou gunea-pgs fo a show. The days dagged on un on Thusday Oc 13 when he Agen caed ha a YU-shp was due o Kndn ae dung he monng. Ljjana ushed o he po n ou ca and I odeed anohe vehce fo me fom he pan gaage. I was amos mdday when we me a he sad quay bu hee was no sgn of any shp eneng he Kndn Ceek. A as he Agen appeaed and apoogzed fo he msnepeed a message as fo a YUshp. The ae one was due a eay afenoon and he pomsed o ca us when he shp eached s behng pace. We woud have enough me o ge fom Bambu o he Po as he cusom nspecon woud ake a few hous anyway. Thus we euned home o have ou unch and wa fo he nex news hoppng ha hs me woud be coec. Afe unch I wen o he offce whee I was me by a numbe of peope o dea wh he consucon pobems. A he meeng peak he Agen caed sayng ha he YU-shp was a he quay and ha he cusom offces had jus wen n. I was 14:30 when I ang Ljjana eng he o dve sagh o he habo whee I woud jon he someme ae. The confeence made me ahe nevous bu afe I managed o be hee aound 16h dvng anohe ca. I saw my paens as hey wee comng down fom he shp n he company of Ljjana and Vesna. I go Ljjana ssen vew and undesood he anxey 6

7 abou my ae comng bu eveyhng uned fne a as. Afe a happy wecome geeng was decded ha I ake he uggage and my mohe joned me on he way o home. We wee a euned a ou house n Bambu a 16:30 and hee was no end of my pa en s ma v e ngsghs wha hey have found hee. Fahe was oo happy o have he fm gound unde hs fee a as so he saed wakng aound mmedaey. My fahe Zako was a we-known soe a home. Thee he wen ou fo an hou wak monngs andev en ngsof end s ega d ng hewea he omymo he sd smay. My mohe kep a day houghou he whoe sea voyage so we woud gasp wh me ha was a gea advenue fo hem. Fo fs me n he fe hey aveed such a ong p on a cago shp ha was. The shp ef Rjeka on Sep 20 a 17h and he fs sop was a Caana (Scy) on 22nd whee hey wen ou fo a ong wak hough he od cy. They eached Po Sad on 26h and my mohe descbed o us n deas he passage hough he Suez Channe ae. My fahe dd no ke he voyage houghou he Red Sea as he was sea-sck mos of he me despe akng ps. Then he shp had o dschage some fegh a Po Sudan po o connue fo Aden. Fom Aden on my fahe had been ahe handcapped by sea-sckness. The woh cuse pa fo hm was when he shp ef Aden on Oc 6h and un eached Mombasa on Oc 13h. The day oune changed sgnfcany a ou home now. I coud no dea wh due o my heavy wokoad a he facoy. So was o Ljjana o coop wh a day asks and she had ed had o keep my paens happy and safe n he new suoundng ha hey wee no accusomed oo. One of he fs pobems was he ans ha my mohe abhoed ho ough y.the ns ec sd scov e edf a he sd abe ess o henex mo n ng he ewasan nv as on a ound hs ngh-po. Mohe Chaoe o befy caed Ša was dsgused abou hs scene ha Ljjana soved by spayng. Mohe had been mpessed bylj j ana sa udesandme hodsdea ngw hsuchna u a d sas e s o hose we wee used o a eas. Zvonko spa en senj oyba h ng nsha ow seadu nga ow de. Fahe go up eay and had beakfas wh us fo he fs me. He ecoveed we afe hose odeas dung he shp voyage. He had saed hs oune waks wce a day amos fom he vey begnnng of he say. We ed had o mpess on hm no o wak hough he bush and no o espass gadens on hs sos aong coas. Somehow was dffcu fo hm o compehend o wak on he beach ony. Howeve ha was no possbe a aong he Bambu Beach pacuay dung he hgh des. Then he had o 7

8 wande aong he pahways ha conneced he vaous houses sandng a he beach. Mohe was ahe anxous ha Zako euns aound 9 AM aes. Aso she ooked ha fahe keeps on a ha fo poecon of hs bodng head. Of couse when fahe came back he was dehydaed and hungy agan. Thus he had he second beakfas afe ha he ay down fo an hou o so. In he afenoons we sauneed ogehe when I euned fom he offce mosy afe 5 PM. Somemes my fahe had been emped o pass hough a gaden when he noced ha he coud no e u nby hebeach.w h mes omene ghbo s ea nedabouf a he s hab and nved hm fo a dnk o so. As my fahe dd no speak Engsh so he woud no undesand he nvaon. Ye wh Geman speakng ades o passes by was no pobem fo hm o communcae. Of couse wh he nave Swah he jus coud no sa anyhng ahough he Kenyans he me wee aways vey knd o hm. My paens we eknown obe Mzee sana ( =v e yo d)soon whee as ou sevans od Ljjana ha wea e Mzee k dogo ( =ab o d)on y. One afenoon I wen o see he Pesden on my usua cono ou of he consucon hs house. Dung ou common ea cha Mzee Jomo sad o me suddeny: Te y ou fahe ha he can pass n fon of my gaden a any me. I have nsuced he guads acco d ng y. Af sic ou dnounde s andhowkenyaa coud ecognze my fahe a fs vew bu hen he expaned ha was he faca smay of us wo. Lae a home I askedmyf a hewhahadhappeneda hebeach hamo n ng. We hesa d Iwas sopped by a sode amng a me a ffe wanng me os opmywa kon hebeach. Then he soy wen on as an od Kenyan came ou and saed akng o hm n Engsh bu fahe dd no undesand wha was a abou. Afe ha he sode saued and fahe coud connue hs so on he beach o and fo. On he nex passng by hs od man jus waved o hm fendy. I had o augh aoud and sa d: Fa hey ouhav eme hekeny ap es denh sex ce encyjomokeny a a.you have hs pesona pemsson o so on he beach n fon of hs house and he sode woud saue o you oo. Theep ogueof h sencoun ehadbeendesc bed n hema n oca newspape n Osjek a few yeas ae. The mohe sen us a fu page fom he G ass av on j e ( =Vo ceofs av on a)w hana c e ed: Oup om nenc z enme he Pesden ofkeny aonh swa ksa ong hecoasofi nd anocean.theau ho p a sedf a he sda ywa ks h ough hec yofos j ek h oughouov emo e han50 yeas. Wev s edougoodf endsdev e s oshow Zvonko spa en sano hebeachpa anya. 8

9 Mohe woe ees home n weeky nevas as we as o he fends. In each ee she menoned ha hey go swmmng evey day. Of couse fahe accompaned he n hese swmmng sessons ahough he had o es an hou o so afe eunng fom he monng waks. Zako dd no keep oo much o he odeed esans egadng he wakng me as we as dnkng enough of qud. Howeve boh my paens enjoyed hooughy he swmmng o baskng n shaow poos a ow des. Knocke was he egua companon sayng wh n he sea fo ong mes ofen. One day he dog sepped on a sea-uchn and came home mpng bady. Ljjana ook a papaya fu, cu ha f emov ng hes eedsf o med osu onknock e spaw.thedogpa en y mped away cayng he papaya haf bound o hs paw. Few hous ae he papaya was gone and hedogd sappea edf o ow ngoneofh s ov eca s. Wewe e nv ed oani nd anwedd ng n heshank a dasf am y.shanka das daugh e woud may a goom aso fom he Mombasa Indan communy. We wee a good cus omeashank a dassen oshopkeepe swhoso d eco dsandch d en s oy s. Ljjana had acceped he nvaon and hough ha woud be a pefec occason o noduce my mohe o he Indan cusoms. Twop c u es akendu ng hewedd ngce emonyashanka dashouse.lef s he n oduc ngof he bde and he feas wh bde and goom sng a gh sde. The whoe even has been ahe coofu and many Indan cusoms wee absouey new o my mohe of couse. She enjoyed hooughy and aked abou excedy when hey euned home. Ljjana knew abou he pocedues as was no he fs Indan weddng she aended o. We have had que a numbe of fends whn he Mombasa Indan communy ke ou dens, a medca doco who heped Ljjana wh he eas, a few shopkeepes whee Ljjana was buyng vaous aces fo ou househod. Now44y ea s ead ngmo he s e e sihav e osme n abou he descpons of he beach and he channe up o he ff some 300m away a ou pace. Mohe had msnepeed coa sand fo sma pebbes bu she was fu of amazemen abou anyhng she found n he channe o n he gass dung ow des. Fahe dd no ke song hough shaow waes bu pefeed bahng n a poo ef by he eeang sea. Of couse Knocke was mos of he me wh he my paens ye Zako ked moe be ng ef a one na ba h ub as ongas hewa ed dnoge ooho. 9

10 Knocke accompan edzvonko spa enwheneve heywen o hebeach.a ef mo hef ounda pace a neghbos seawa and fahe wen ou wh Ljjana o he eef o ook how she coecs shes. Ou sma dnghy coud no ake a of us so we waked mosy ou o he ff hough shaow waes and jus swmmng a sho dsance acoss he channe. Of couse we had caed a some ubbe shoes, has havng shs on bu my fahe dsked such dessng so he dd no jon us. In pncpe my mohe had been akn of he sea whee as hef a hep ef e edwa k ngon heso dg ound ev en h oughs ange sga dens. Mohe had a o of demma o cono fahe habs and seeng ha he does no ovedo hmsef physcay. A cam sea we jus ed o use ou dnghy whou Knocke o ge ou o eef bu o no peva. We have ed o show as much as possbe o my paens dung he say. As one of he fs hng we wen on a Sauday o he facoy and I ead hem hough he bes possbe way no o e oo much. They had neve seen a cemen facoy fom he nsde and a he machney wokng amos 24 hous hough whou soppng. Even he cemen bags oadng wen on dung he vs and hey wee asonshed wh ease he wokes saped he bags on paes. S nce hebeg nn ngofmypa en ss aywehav ea angedw h hem asmanyas possbe excusons o safas. One of he fs safas had been o Tsavo Eas Naona Pak ha we saed wh wo cas. Ted Hoskns (*1902) who was as od as my mohe offeed o ake he and Vesna n hs Fod ca on Sauday Oc 22, We eneed he Pak a Buchuma Gae and connued va Auba Lodge o Vo whee we had unch apa ki nn.mo heenj oy ed he de nted scaandves naas on shedhew h he sghngsandknow edgeofan ma s andb dsnamesa mos kea ex con.ted o dus 10

11 a e havesna seng shhasbeenj us supe bandf ewday s a ehep esen edheg f abookw hshak espea e sd amasaswe aspoems nanabb ev a edf o m hough. Fahe ode n my ca and Ljjana payed a pefec gude expanng many deas. Z a kowaspa cu a yamaz edw h hes z eofe ephan s ba s. Nowonde hae ephan s ba s a esob ghadf oundz a ko,zvonko sf a he,when he saw a age goup of Tsavo Eas eephans a few momens ae a gh. On any days we sa ofen on he veandah senng o musc ehe fom ecods o apes. The wo oudspeakes used fo boh equpmens gave an exceen HQ and seeo sound. I woud un hem on ahe oud as hee wee no neghbos o dsub and he vng oom gave a pefec echo oo. Ye on a Sunday Nov 20 we a go up a 4AM o vs he Shmba Hs n Kwae Dsc a Souh Coas. I go a moe comfoabe ca a FORD fo fve of us fom he Gaage Poo. I coud dve ahe fas as hee was hady any affc hough Mombasa. We dd no have o wa fo oo ong fo he Lkon fey o ake us acoss o he Souh Cos. The muam oad was good enough so we made a good pogess and uned of he man oad o Kwae vage. Soon we wee n he Shmba Hs Reseve s whou a gae enance whee I ook he ack o he Gyama Pon. We aved jus n me fo he sunse and was a majesc sgh as he sun go ou he Indan Ocean a fa hozon. We wee absouey ucky o expeence hese momens. Zvonko spa en sv s TsavoEasNa onapa kon he f ssaf a. A gh Ted Hoskns nex o Vesna kndy offeed o hep us wh he anspo. Afe a bef snack I uned he ca no he Reseve neo whee we saw sevea gaffes, some gazees and a hed of Sabe aneopes as he oca favoe. We eneed 11

12 he sho opca woods o ook afe eephans bu soon a ee unk sopped ou pogess. Eveybody go ou of he ca and wh jon effo - pa cu a ymyf a he s sengh hs obsace had been emoved. Afe we go o he ohe end of he foes I uned back when we hady noced a few eephans deep n he bush. Leavng he Reseve I dove sa ghdown ot wv ageand o he TwoF shes eshouseon he coas. Hee we had a we deseved swm and he unch ae. We waked ogehe on he Dan Beach up o a sma book nex o Vesna un o he abandoned Dan mosque. My mohe dd no ke he many as ha Vesna expaned o be of snakes and zads. Afe a peasan unch he company had been gaefu o he dve o bng hem o Bambu sound and safe bu ahe ed. Nex o me my fahe snoed happy mos of he way home. Thus ended he safa wh eaes sa we eve have done. We saw a age hed of Sabe aneopes n Kwae Game Reseve a Shmba Hs. A gh aneopes ae a un. When Ljjana wen shoppng o own my mohe jon he makng sue ha Zako has euned fom hs monng so and had hs 2nd beakfas befoe he wen o es. In a few cases Ljjana showed he he Mombasa suoundng so hey wen o Mazeas o v ew hebo an caga den he e hahads ev e am gh yk ng spa m ees oo.mohe eay pancked when Ljjana showed snakes found n he gaden. On an occason a young back mamba spped down he am. Kassa ou house sevan dd no wan o k ashes a d Iam ach s an Idon k! sayed ave. The nex snake was a puff adde ha René Hae came o cach fo he new eaum he was pung up. Eay Decembe D. Mand euned o Bambu. He had some mpoan news fo us abou he decson of he Paen Company CEMENTIA HOLDING AG n Zuch. The new desgn offce Euopean offce woud be esabshed n Sazbug. The dea was ha I shoud oganze and ead hs bueau fo he desgn of cemen woks and fo ndusa usage of cemen. We ae supposed o move o Sazbug as soon as possbe dependng upon he equed accommodaons have been se up. Essenay I shoud say fo he openng ceemony of Wazo H Woks a Da-es-Saaam eay n Aso a majo budngs shoud be fnshed fo he Bambu Woks exenson we unde way now. Snce he ava of Mands my fahe go a new convesaon pane. Ms. Anne Mand ofen came ae n he monng fo a coffee cha sng on he veandah. Anne ked Lj j ana stu k shcof f eesomyf a hej o ned hem ge ngupf om mo n ngaf e -wak nap.z nko,we known o1sof f c eofm/ s Je sa b oughmanynewspape s ha made hef a hehappyashewasm ss ng hec oa anpape s.sc haude nassma daugh esy b eca edmymo he OMA ( =abb ev.g andmo he nge man).theg woud ofen jon my mohe when she saw he comng down o he beach. The house wasa moson hebeachsosy b ej usc ou dnowa un OMA appea ed.thusmy 12

13 mohe had ofen a company on he beach as we as Knocke foowng hem evey whee. Fahe Zako waked ou o he eef dung a ow de. In backgound fa away onesees he smokep ume ofhe Cemen facoy. My paens eay enjoyed eang opca fus ha we go penfu. The bes of hey ked he pneappes ha came fom D. Mand sgaden ha he had saed a Kkambaa jus acoss he Mwapa Ceek abou 1km noh fom ou house. The swee and pe pneappe weghed 4-5kg so we had one fu fo a few days. Due o ahe s ong a ns he oofs a ed eak ng nvesna s oom and I go he epamen ou nsany. They made he epa fas ncudng epanng he sans whn a day. My mohe coud no undesand ha such a speedy wok accompshmen. She dd know ha I was n chage of he Budng depamen hus he Bwana kubwa (= Bg boss). Zako and Knocke accompany Ljjana gong ou o he eef o coec shes. We had been nved eguay by a few cose fends pobaby became moe ofen dung my paens say. Obvousy one had o ecpocae such nvaons so Ljjana had been ahe busy pepang he food ou oca guess pefeed. Mohe was of good hep o he bu such peased my paens a gea dea as hey wee no used o a home anymoe. Vesna fnshed he owe gade schoong beng second n he cass aga nmak ng he Lev ea Ce f c a e.we coud sa consdeng o whch schoo she goes once we woud be n Sazbug. As Vesna dd no speak any Geman we hough abou he sayng n a boadng schoo n Sazbug fo he second em of he schoo yea a eas. 13

14 Vesna wen o he beach wh my paens foowed by Knocke a mes fo swmmng. My fahe was somehow dsubed when Knocke me some ohe dogs on he beach ha ead o some mno fghs n some cases. Ths emaned hm when he waked ou Dobe man Peggy mo n ngsoev en ngs nos j ek. He had o nevene when ou dog causedsome d s pu e be weenhe mae foowes. Afe song poes I ageed o ake my paens ou o he ff n ou boa ha was moe ke a nu she. Somehow woked bu we had o boad he boa n wo goups one ncuded Knocke. Any onooke woud sme smk a ou as o ge he boa hough suf waves. Howeve a as wee successfu a he end. I had been an enjoymen of dng n a nus he k eep ng heba ancepa cu a yw hf a he swe ghofov e120kgas passenge. Ye a of us wee good swmmes ha ncuded Knocke. On he ohe hand he sea was no deep n he channe. We sopped nea Roang Rocks on he way o Kan Lodge on Tsavo wes Naona Pak. Ljjana ook hs ahe ae pcue whee Zvonko s on wh hs paens and Vesna. Eveybody had been wang fo me o have a snack when I euned fom he offce on Sauday Dec 11. Soon I was eady o sa ou de o Tsavo Wes N. P. n a age ca ha I go fom he Gaage poo. Ljjana has pepaed ou sandad safa uenss ke shove, nen and oos as we as food fo wo days and wae n a gaon conane. Togehe we checked eveyhng po o packng a no he ca. We had added a few owes o ou necessaes, cohs cum some wame puoves. Mohe was ahe ex c eddo nghebes opack h ngsf o hem nacco danc elj j ana s s.wewou d say ovengh a Kan Lodge whee he vsos shoud be sef-suppong excep fo beddng. Ibookedf ous he She e odge wo houses each wh a age oom and 3 beds as we unnng wae n a avaoy wh WC. These hus wee efubshed ogna shees n he eay days of safa ousm suaed n a naua suoundng. Kan was ocaed amos a he souh edge of Kuku Pans eachng o he foo of Kmanjao. 14

15 Lae afenoon we aved o he Kan Lodge (ea sde vew) n Tsavo Wes Naona Pak. On way I dd no wase much me excep fo fueng so Fahe coud sech hs ong egs. We eneed hough Tsavo Gae and eached Kan Lodge by 17:30 jus n me o oban g eenpackages f om hes o e.ase v anaccompan edus o heshe e houses and aanged he beds wh beddngs fom he geen packages. He se fe n he one of he cookng paces and unde he dum fo showe ho wae. Lae he came o f he dum so one coud ake a wam showe n an encosue nex o. We go fou keosene amps ha he sevan as we as he sunse se n fas. Ljjana pepaed f oodw hmo he she pandsoonwesemds of he wd naue dnnng on goodes we bough wh us. As hee was no fdge Ljjana made some fesh ea ha we wee used o dnk on safas. Fahe pefeed cod ea fom a hemos we bough fo hm. Thehu sbu ofwood af e shada ha ched oof n haa oofc ea u es( dudus ) moved makng que a acke n hs sness. Thee was a ne spead undeneah he oof bu was nevabe ha some dus fe hough mesh. Ahough waned abou hs Fahe dd no wan o use he mosquo ne beng afad o enange hm n. Lae he abe had been ceaned and cuey soed n wooden box by he sevan. He fed he dum wh wam wae by a puey hgh enough o have a showe and ef wshng us good ngh. Soon we wen o beds pung ove ou beds he mosquo nes and had faen aseep soon. Mohe od us nex day ha she coud no have a deep seep due o he consan shfng noses. Aso as Fahe nevousness eacng o a hose sange sounds ha hey wee no used o. In pncpe was a ahe que ngh wh hady any an ma sno semov ngc ose o hehu s.howev e n has nessonecoud hea a o ofsoundsofan ma sc a andsh eks. 15

16 The paens eax wh Ljjana whee as Vesna feeds bds and gound sques. Ths scene was a he fon of Kan Lodge afe we euned fom he eay monng oung. We woke up a 6 AM and found ha had pu fe n he heah aeady. The ea was eady soon and supposedy we had o ake a sma be befoe movng fo an oung. Ye he scene was oo ovewhemng fo he eay ses fogeng he somach a fs. Many anmas moved a Kuku pans ke gaffes, some gazees and zebas when he Kbo peak appeaed above he ow ayeed couds. Mohe came ou hodng somehng en ang ed nhev esf om halj j anaun ang edabaw hsome augh e.fa he s unhappy face was a wanng ha somehng wen wong dung he ngh. Hs banke became we he fe unhappy abou. I was no hs fau bu he wae fe eaked and a pudde ceaed unde hs bed. Vesna had been feedng a gound sque and few bds a he Kan Lodge. Afe we soved a confusons I offeed Mohe he bnocuas o scou he Kbo peak. Ye she dsapponngy saw couds ony so I od he o pu on he gasses and ook abov e hec ouds.thenas on sh ng ysheex c a med Oh, he e sk manjao jus so v e yc ose.isea c hedf o w h heb noc u a s! T u y hem gh ymoun a ns ood amos n fon of us wh Kbo whe peak by sunays. The vey spendd sgh! Pcues aken aong he oue n Tsavo Wes Naona Pak. In backgound ef wee Kamboyo Hs whee as he Kmanjao jus came ou pockng ou a gh pcue. Thenwed ov eouup oas ma h w h hepoache slook ouon opof.the ange geeed us especfuy beng he fs vsos and nved my paens o ook hough a 16

17 age eescope. The ange poned hem o age goups of eephans and buffaos as we as a goup of hnos. In he meanme couds ceaed and boh peaks Mawenz and Kbo of he mmense Kmanjao came o fu vew. An absoue specace! On he way back o odge we wen o see he Mzma Spngs he souce of Tsavo Rve. A hese spngs sas he wae ppene fo he suppy of Mombasa wh dnkng wae. We waked he sho dsance que feey o he poo bu my paens moe mpessed by he boad wanng abou cocodes ec. I beeve ha hs wdeness scene was oo much fo hem o fee easy abou. Happy we euned o he odge fo a good beakfas commenng excedy on wha we have seen. A as he paens saw Kmanjao peak appeang above couds a hepoache slookou. Topa en ssu p seb dsf u e eddownon he ab e hemomenlj j anas p ead vaous foods fo ou beakfas. Vesna noce a few gound sques ushng o and go up o feed hem wh cumbs she gaheed fom food-box. Mohe was so much enchaned wh hs scene ha she jus coud no sop chuckng wheeas Zako woud no undesand wha s gong on. He waned jus o ge hs food n peace. Lae we euned a en hngs o he Kan Lodge soe and ef dvng anohe oue on he way back home. I dove n he decon of Kagun Lodge passng he Fve Sses ava feds. On he way we spoed many vaous aneopes and gazees, zebas and buffaos makng Vesna acve counng and dong no he noebook. My paens wee enchaned wh he Kagun Lodge seng ha ncuded a swmmng poo, a nce esauan and a age veandah wh a vew o a wae hoe. Thee wee hgh mouned fash ghs o show anmas comng o he waehoe as we as a eopad comng fo ba on a ee unk. We showed my paens he oom whee we sayed n hs odge a few mes. We had a unch hee and pad he b ha obvousy shocked Fahe. 17

18 We showed he Kagun Lodge o Zvonko spa en swhe ewehad unched po o dvng home. A he eavng of Kagun I head Zako say ng Iunde s andha woud be oo expensve f we hav es ay ed n h s odge.lae Mohe woe n one of he ees home o Osjek ha he Kagun Lodge was fo he weahy peope ony. Wha hey dd no know and I dd no e hem was he fac ha he chages fo he Shee Lodge a Kan wee amos he same as n Kagun. We waned o pesen my paens he ways of od sye safa accommodaon ha ncuded he sef-suppyng and he expeence of seepng a ngh n an amos unouched wdeness. I hope ha he emnscences have been peasan despe some hadshp hey had o go hough ncudng a ess que seep n a hu wh hached oof fu of fe. Ye he sghs and he advenue hey have had wee ceany woh my expendues beeve me Zako, my dea fahe. I choose anohe oue o eun o he man oad fo Mombasa. A eavng Kagun I go a p whee ons have been seen eceny and foowng he decon I noced sevea vehces queung no fa away. As wee as n he queue ook some 20 mnues un we wee cose o he goup of a huge on and 4 onesses. I wondeed why Mohe does no ake he camea ye she companed ha hee s no fm n. I had paced a newf m n o hao dc ame abe ong ng obo s.hewaspa en sson-n-aw and hs camea needed he cassca adjusmens fo any pcue. Mohe had o pu he gasses on o make an adjusmen and hen ook hem of ookng hough vewe. Fo Mohe an exemey du pocess ue. Now she was happy abou my hep and made sevea pcues of ons a a dsance of say 3-5m ony. We had o epmand Fahe as he oa ed keaon o ge he aenon of he beas. Tuy he on oaed hs head, yawned showng hs mghy jaw and hen pu down beween hs paws. Leave me aone was he message ye Vesna had o e he gandpa no o dsub he anmas n fuue - pease. 18

19 Fahe s encouneed ayoung on hasna edbackdung ou vs o Tsavo Wes N. P. Afe ha encoune we passed Roang Rocks known fo he echo a cean poson and connued o Kaenga Vaey Ccu. Ou of nohng jus behnd a cuve a huge eephan sood acoss he a. Ahough dvng a ow speed say a 35km/h I baked fas and swched o eun gea nsany. Ths eephan was no oo good naued as hs huge eas wagged eanesy. We waed fo a few mnues when hs mghy anma decded o gve us he fee passages movng owads Tsavo Rve cose by. Reeved I go ou of he Ccu and soon he muam a came cose o Tsavo Rve foowng o Tsav oga e.unex pec ed yvesnas hou ed Rh no, h noc os ea gh! I ceany dd no expec o ge so cose o a hno jus shoy befoe of eavng he Pak. Ye hs huge anma sood hee sock-s a some 10m vewng n ou decon bu obvousy no ecognzng us as a age. I was he sensaon when a hno appeaed a few momens befoe we ef he Tsavo Wes. Afe sevea momens of absoue sness of a my passenges few ecoveed fas and ook pcues when I saed he ca as was hgh me o move on. We eached Bambu as he as sun ays go behnd Maakan hs. Ths safa o Tsavo Wes woud ceany eman n ou memoy as he mos unfogeabe endng whou any 19

20 hches a eas fo us safa odes. The comng weeks and monhs woud be exemey hecc fo sue. Chsmas s n abou wo weeks, paens woud eave whn a monh o so and we ae gong o eave fo good Bambu and Kenya n amos wo monhs fom no on. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 20