Sigomere Travel Guide

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  • Local Hotel
      Local Hotel
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  • Getting paraffin for her lamps
      Getting paraffin for her lamps
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  • The school run
      The school run
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  • The local chip shop
      The local chip shop
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  • Cafes etc along the street
      Cafes etc along the street
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HIV Facility, Sigomere

HIV Facility, Sigomere, Sigomere

 Suet Says:  I volunteered at this Facility, both to do something useful and also to educate myself. I learnt so much being at the sharp end of the HIV/AIDS virus. The Facility is run by a Non Government Organisation (ICAP) and has fantastic staff who are overworked. Sister Seline is... 

Transportation  

Motorbike Taxi

Motorbike Taxi, Sigomere

 Suet Says:  I had a motorbike taxi to and from my residence to go to the HIV Facility in Sigomere. I knew it as Sigomre, but it apparently has been spelt wrongly all over town. Forgive the confusion. Several men were my driver, Nelson, Evans, Ronny and a boy racer who I didn't book... 

Warnings Or Dangers  

HIV Virus TB Malaria Gut infections etc

HIV Virus TB Malaria Gut infections etc, Sigomere

 Suet Says:  It can't be repeated often enough. This is a high HIV area. You can get the exact figures of infected people from the Sigomre Health Centre by asking the staff. Please don't think for one minute that the diseases listed don't apply to you. They do. Remember Kingafreespirit... 

Street Fights

Street Fights, Sigomere

 Suet Says:  Street fights can break out without warning. I had no idea how this one started or what it was about, but it was sheer undisciplined agression. Two young men were beating the hell out of each other and meaning it. No Queensberry Rules here, mate.The thing you have to watch... 

Tourist Traps  

Price Hiking

Price Hiking, Sigomere

 Suet Says:  Be aware that as soon as people see your pretty white skin, the price can easily quaruple, particularly if you try and fix the price without local help. One example is Frederick, a local driver. My friends agreed two weeks' guaranteed work with him, to and from their house... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Round the back of the buildings!

Round the back of the buildings!, Sigomere

 Suet Says:  You can wander around Sigomre Town as you please. Just check with Chief Victor Opondo first, especially if you are European, so that people are not suspicious or worried if you start taking pictures. It's also for your own safety to have someone along with you to translate... 

St Pauls Catholic School

St Pauls Catholic School, Sigomere

 Suet Says:  This local secondary school has accomodation for disabled children. These children are physically disabled but the mission statement is *Disability is not Inability*. Some are victims of polio. They live with a house mother in a dormitory and are well fed and looked after.... 

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 A small town on the main Kisumu road in western Kenya. It boasts schools, cafes, hotels, shops, internet cafes, photocopying services, phone charging and airtime vouchers, a market and a health... 

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