Troll, Shaah, Cakes and Sheeko

[Ibtisam]

I know, I am going to learn how to drive a donkey :P, they have the Donkey Protection Agency. Im going to those two towards the end to chill,eat, swim, sleep, and practice one other thing. Not going to spend too long in cities. I assume Mombasa is hot like Berbera.

 

Lool @ vampires come out.

[Ibtisam]

You have a friend who is a donkey? or a human who works for the organisation be specific.

 

Im African, they only see white people as tourists. plus I live in SL, not many things they have that I would want or could take. lol Tourist areas are always so over priced. I was just looking at some of the hotel prices. Yiiks.

 

Iol if I wanted to say- markii horeba waan sheegi laha. It is probably not what you are thinking though. :D and it is not illegal- well in most places anyway.

[Ibtisam]

Lol M16 is not hash hash, they stick up ads in the bloody metro and reed.com.

 

Loool Camel ride for $10 is not really a rip off- buying a hand made little bag for $40 is a total rip off- I always use to laugh at my white friends when they came back from Africa or the Asia with totally useless things they've paid silly money for. lol

 

Lol I didnt say that it can only be found in either- it can be found anywhere/ You are probably thinking of drugs or something. It is not. anyway enough about that. What did you get up to while roaming there in 09, any tips. nothing taxing or requiring crazy effort.

 

Why do you like to quote people= even in troll corner-

[Ibtisam]

Camel probably just wanted to relax and carry water and shid for nomads.

 

Night life hmmmm, I'll give that a miss. The nice little island I shall ferry to.

 

There are rules in troll. I broke the first one (no long posts) just chit chat, but I didnt fancy starting a thread. The second rule is no quoting while trolling. IT is a relaxed place. if you didnt know- now you know.

[sharma-arke451]

salams all,,,,

Surely, do Some people have a reason to irritate others??

[Chimera]

*Ibtisam;879750 wrote:

SalamAlikum.

 

 

Alhumdulilah. It has been interesting weekend, I am back safe and sound, but it was a long road with lots of incidents; from m blog;

 

The road between Berbera and Hargeisa is the most dangerous road ever, subxanallah. I feel lucky to be alive. I saw five cars flip in a massive crash and two stand alone accidents, most involving big trucks carrying livestock for the Hajj season.

 

I requested the shaaqley to tighten my wheels before leaving Burco, for some strange reason, he loosen one of my tires (just one of the screws were tied on, human error I assume) Within 20mins of leaving Burco, my front tyre flew off and I was lucky I did not flip. While standing there in shock a fan full of 11 people pulled up to check I was okay and then drove pass. I started getting my spare tyre out to change it and as I was getting it down, a Surf with five guys pulled up. They changed my tyres within 5mins, checked the rest for me, did a little prayer, told me how lucky I was to be alive and insisted that I follow their car all the way to Hargeisa. The driver signaled and flashed his indicators for every hazard he saw on the way and when we got to shekh he pulled over and said “dhawaga hore muu martey (have you traveled down the mountain ring road before), if not, let one of us drive you” I told him I have and I’m fine, he gave me advise about keeping my foot on the break and continued to lead. The mistake of a Farah nearly killed me, but the kindness of Farah also helped me.

 

When we stopped at Abdal check point, for some reason my engine just gave up. I told the nice men to go ahead and I will call for help. The drive took my number and they left, but not before bringing me cold drinks. The kindness of strangers, they called every hour until I got home. The best part was, they didn’t even ask my clan, or where I lived, or if I was married or how much I earned or if I was a foreigner, or why as a lone women I was driving without man- they asked no questions and offered only help and kindness.

 

I called for help from both Hargeisa and Berbera and after 3hrs, a total of five landcruisers arrived, two from Berbera and three from Hargeisa. One of them gave me his car and insisted I go on home since it has been a long day. I waited anyway and within 30mins everyone had turned into a mechanic and they managed to knot, wipe, cut, fill and string together enough things to get the engine on- I am sure the British AA would not have been able to do what they did. We left three guys with the car to drive slowly and the rest of us headed home to Hargeisa in our cars.

 

In my mind I was inpatient about all the delay and the difficult day I’ve had, but that soon evaporated and I was just thankful I was alive, for it could’ve been worse. Gazing at the mangled trucks and cars at Lafa Ruug, where a massive crash involving five vehicles, two livestock trucks, two trading trucks and one private vehicle, with the bodies and people being carried off in another truck. Sadness for the unnecessary loss of life and gratefulness to all my rescuers took over and my 9hr journey from Burco to Hargeisa seemed like a piece of cake. We saw two more crash sites before reaching Hargeisa.

 

Such short distance, taking so many and emergency response teams so far and unable to respond to accidents. Everyone worries about Shekh road, but there are far less crashes on that side than compared to the Berbera- Hargeisa road.

 

With the Hajji season in full swing I urge everyone to be careful on that road and avoid unnecessary travelling, at least until Hajji season is over and the trucks are less. Big trading trucks travel at slow pace compared to the 4x4s, but with very few equipped with side mirrors and even if they have them, their use not frequent, they tend to take up the whole road and over taking them while they are swerving to avoid the boreholes on the road is a death trap- (even if you sound your horn, they may not hear you or purposely not allow you to pass them (particularly if you are a female driver).

 

I witnessed the human errors that cost lives, the kindness of strangers and the importance of friends and contacts that came to my aid when I got stranded, for not a single one was blood family or remotely related. So there goes my proof that clan is NOT EVERYTHING- at least when it comes to emergencies involving women.

:D

Ibti, your life is like James Bond without the S,D & RR. what kind of car were you driving?

[Jacaylbaro]

Good Morning beebal ...........

 

Ibti, I'm glad you made it ............. but i'm disappointed that i am not included in your 911 anymore ,,

[Ibtisam]

Looool Adam. I wish it was JAmes Bond!!!! Im sure he would have a jet or something. I was driving a Toyota Land cruise. It is a good and reliable car- never had problems with it before.

 

JB you dont drive- you are on 911 for inside Hargeisa dhee. I can't expect you to walk all the way to Abdal to get me innit.

[Faheema.]

Glad to hear that you're alive and well dear

[NGONGE]

^^ Don't be nice to her Faheema. You'll only encourage her to do more silly things. Anigu hadaan meesha joogi laha, waan dili laha. The stubborn rock head. Now let's hope you learnt your lesson and would never take that journey on your own again.

 

(Salaam all).

[wyre]

Jacaylbaro;879706 wrote:

But your story comes right after this ,,

 

lol jb, this was funny, but sorry the arabic version was older, from mullah nasrudin

[Faheema.]

lol NGONGE, I actully wrote a long paragraph oo canaan ah but I know Ibti probably got an earful from many and would be more cautious next time

[Jacaylbaro]

*Ibtisam;879963 wrote:

JB you dont drive- you are on 911 for inside Hargeisa dhee. I can't expect you to walk all the way to Abdal to get me innit.

Maxaa ka wanaagsan ,,,

[Juxa]

Bun inaad dubtaa kugu waajib ah! Going off on your own....

 

Salaam alaykum all, bal warama?

Why does not JB have baanbuur? Mise midbaa on the pay roll ugu jira?

 

At home today with hargab! Very inconvenient

[NGONGE]

^^ Dee seexo!

(morning).