Kommentare zu: Kigoma – Ruhengeri http://africabybike.de/wordpress/?p=907 Sieben Monate mit dem Fahrrad durch Afrika Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:50:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Von: Tim http://africabybike.de/wordpress/?p=907#comment-325 Tim Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:03:14 +0000 http://africabybike.de/?p=907#comment-325 Hi, That's quite interesting Leo. I didn't write it in that report but I'm over the culture shock now but still that helps to know. We were thinking about printing the front sides of our shirts with "Mzungu". As for the trucks: Yes it is! Especially that extremly heavy transporter that almost didn't come up the hills itself. Amazing, plain amazing. And from the few kilometers I spent IN Trucks I know how stressy that buiseness, especially in hilly terrain, is. We're in Kampala waiting for Iran Visa. Details will follow on Thursday or Friday or so with a new report.. and btw. I finally turned out victorious over my diarrhea. It was intestinal gastritis "with a little bit of yeast" and they gave me a drug and that's it. Cheers Hi,
That’s quite interesting Leo. I didn’t write it in that report but I’m over the culture shock now but still that helps to know.
We were thinking about printing the front sides of our shirts with “Mzungu”.

As for the trucks: Yes it is! Especially that extremly heavy transporter that almost didn’t come up the hills itself. Amazing, plain amazing.
And from the few kilometers I spent IN Trucks I know how stressy that buiseness, especially in hilly terrain, is.

We’re in Kampala waiting for Iran Visa. Details will follow on Thursday or Friday or so with a new report.. and btw. I finally turned out victorious over my diarrhea. It was intestinal gastritis “with a little bit of yeast” and they gave me a drug and that’s it.

Cheers

]]> Von: Sebastian http://africabybike.de/wordpress/?p=907#comment-324 Sebastian Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:26:14 +0000 http://africabybike.de/?p=907#comment-324 Thank you again for a great report! What an adventure! There's so much that deserves a comment, but for now I'll only pick out one detail. It was really nice by the truck drivers to wait for you at the bottom of the hill, since that's normally where they would speed to get a running start, isn't it? Thank you again for a great report! What an adventure! There’s so much that deserves a comment, but for now I’ll only pick out one detail. It was really nice by the truck drivers to wait for you at the bottom of the hill, since that’s normally where they would speed to get a running start, isn’t it?

]]> Von: Leo http://africabybike.de/wordpress/?p=907#comment-320 Leo Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:07:27 +0000 http://africabybike.de/?p=907#comment-320 Hello Tim, Maybe your Mzungu problem could be solved by Wikipedia: "The etymology of the word stems from a contraction of words meaning "one who wanders aimlessly" (from swahili words zungu, zunguzungu, zunguka, zungusha, mzungukaji-meaning to go round and round; from Luganda okuzunga which means to wander aimlessly ) and was coined to describe European explorers, missionaries and slave traders who traveled through East African countries in the 18th century. Mzungu is preferred because Central and East Africa people do not link people of European origin to the "white" color. This is because the concept of color coding ethnicities is not a part of their culture. Actually they consider people of European origin to be reddish or pinkish.[5][6] For instance in Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, European people are also known as rutuku which means red." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzungu So be happy not to be rutuku, and think of the origin, meaning exactly what you are, an aimless traveller, travelling only for the travelling itself, without any business in Kairo. And what else should they shout, seeing the rare sight of someone on a bike, coming from the side of the world? Hello Tim,
Maybe your Mzungu problem could be solved by Wikipedia:

“The etymology of the word stems from a contraction of words meaning “one who wanders aimlessly” (from swahili words zungu, zunguzungu, zunguka, zungusha, mzungukaji-meaning to go round and round; from Luganda okuzunga which means to wander aimlessly ) and was coined to describe European explorers, missionaries and slave traders who traveled through East African countries in the 18th century.
Mzungu is preferred because Central and East Africa people do not link people of European origin to the “white” color. This is because the concept of color coding ethnicities is not a part of their culture. Actually they consider people of European origin to be reddish or pinkish.[5][6] For instance in Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, European people are also known as rutuku which means red.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzungu

So be happy not to be rutuku, and think of the origin, meaning exactly what you are, an aimless traveller, travelling only for the travelling itself, without any business in Kairo. And what else should they shout, seeing the rare sight of someone on a bike, coming from the side of the world?

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