Loiyangalani

Loiyangalani

exploring the village in the middle of nowhere between a desert and the lake

Location: 

Loiyangalani, Kenya

Duration: 

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Personal highlights

  1. Loiyangalani: small village near Lake Turkana with about 1000 people
  2. Culture: the Marsabit Lake Turkana Culture Festival brings some tourists
  3. Village: basically this place consists of a bunch of houses along a few roads
  4. Airport: being connected with the world by a dusty airstrip without any staff
  5. Book: staging the setting of the novel the constant gardener

Image sources

  1. Small shop with cold drinks
  2. Straw huts off the main road
  3. Basic local advertisement
  4. Heavy traffic out of the village
  5. Main road through the village

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