Tag: Live travel blogging
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The one that took me back to the physics class
There is the Inertia Stroke. That stems from Newton’s first law of motion. That a body will continue in its uniform state of rest or motion unless acted upon by an external force. So the stroke is essentially a forward and backward thrust of the upper body. Then there is the Head Stroke.
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The one with the lady in zebra pants
She’s wearing a green sweater and zebra pants. They have white and black stripes running down. She’s the first person who has spoken to me in this taxi. She greeted me when she sat.
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The one I didn’t want to write
Now, I didn’t want to write this morning. In fact, I thought about it, but I said no, after all, I am not feeling like writing this morning. So, even when I had opened my Writer Plus writing app (it’s a very good app, try it), which has sort of become a reflex now every…
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The one with the rare polite driver
Eh, taxi drivers and conductors can yell! They are so brusque and good with obscenities. But this one was different. He was humble and didn’t argue anymore when the woman refused to get out of the way.
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The one with the 2k note dude
That was still in Kajjansi, but at a second stop in the same town, which I suspect confused this guy. So, on examination, the conductor argues he’s been handed a two thousand shillings note, which is quite less than the fare for Kitende. Dude replies stating that he hadn’t seen the note clearly and makes…
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The One With the Big Guy Wearing A Museveni Hat
At first, I thought him to be a casual labourer who’s been called for a job or left one. He is wearing this round green cloth hat that resembles Museveni’s. He holds a half-filled bottle of Rwenzori Mineral Water, which he has been sipping on from time to time. He looks rather distraught. He speaks…
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The One Where I Started
On my blog, you can notice that I have had ambitions and promises which I have not met. What’s unknown to you is that this is another of them. I’ve always wanted to write a live taxi (matatu) blog for every journey in a kamunye.