Paragon Posted April 11, 2005 Good indeed. I am reminded of my primary school years . White shirt and Blue trouser as uniform. Fun days they were . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sky Posted April 12, 2005 aight duke n libaax, here it goes= jubba street, boosaaso dalsan bank headquarters guri soomaali built in 20s its a shame this house and the rest of the xaafad will be knocked down. the xaafad is close to the city centre and its already a matter of time when all these houses will get knocked down, new houses will be built and the poor local population uprooted to the outskirts of the city. the family that lives here now are going to move to gaalkacyo, so theres already a signal that this piece of history will be history. can u believe these lil dudes are my uncles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sky Posted April 12, 2005 gaalkacyo international airport in action! by the way bandar qaasim international airport construction in boosaaso is going like crazy, this shit is serious, its being build by a foreign company cuz the construction is so damn advanced. its expected to be finished in 1 year and it will be bigger n more modern than ambouli airport of djibouti. kambiyuutero loo diray iskuulka sare ee buurtinleh in total waxaa la diray 34 pcs, the bulk is still kept in garoowe and this part in buurtinle these guys will be looking out for the pcs, war meeshii soomaaliyaala yiraahdaa. layskuma halaynkaro saaxib! you better watch out for something you dont see coming, namsayin? tayooto laankruusar fiiy eeks we wanted to cash into the big car rental business in garoowe. theres so much demand walaahi, development workers (except the big orgs, they have their own white vehicles), puntland parliament, visitors etcetera. the tariff is $100 per week, return clean n scratchless and full gas.ppl only wanna be seen with toyota landcruiser or nissan patrol, walee waala kibreey. an uncle of mine even has a fleet of 13 toyota landcruisers VX/Surf that he rents to the pmac puntland mine action hebel. check out the flame paint, in boosaaso youll feel like a lil kid in a toystore, choosing what color you want and all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emperor Posted April 12, 2005 WaaaaaW Sxb waa la iga tagay. I need not to waste more time in the west, better run back home and get my GOOF before it's too late. Breath taking pictures. Thanks Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BN Posted April 12, 2005 Sky, Nice photos. Thanks for posting them. And good move changing the title...you were asking for trouble with that tuulo business. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NASSIR Posted April 12, 2005 Excellent pictures. I have a question why would the old houses be demolished. What if residents refuse to give up their houses even if they were offered the highest bid to sale them to Businessmen or the government. In Boosaso, i heard a story, where a now deceased man was deracinated of his houses. He owned big residential block, originally inherited from the last regime as national property safeguard. The Puntland local government of Boosaso told the man to give up his property by force and that he didn't rightfully deserve any compensation for it. Why is this government forcing people to relinquish their property. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sky Posted April 14, 2005 caamirow, its not the gov thats forcing ppl to relinquish their property. the gov only evicts ppl out of their property, when those properties are build si sharci daro ah. cities need space and shouldnt be packed with buildings, thats why a lot of properties that are build on land they were not supposed to build are being knocked down. in boosaaso and garoowe where they have been doing that for years, youll see that those cities have more space while gaalkacyo just doesnt make any sense as a city. damn town doesnt even have one spot thats empty for the sake of it. its the developers/real estate businessmen that force these ppl to move by offering a deal they cant refuse. land is valuable within the city limits. so this is no surprise. it happens everywhere in the world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites