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A fishing boat anchored at the beach. Photo: Samuel Phillips

I didn’t want to appear rude, so I
stopped myself from taking photos of

them, especially since they were in
their place of work.

As I passed by them, still walking, I
came across this huge boatyard loaded
with abandoned boats. I asked a guy
who came out of the yard why so
many broken boats. He told me it’s the

county government’s boat repair yard.
A dismantled military boat at the yard. Photo: Samuel Phillips
I think it’s run by the Kenya Fisheries
Service or something like that. I asked

if could take some photos to which he
said “Why not?”. I went ahead and did
just that. His response got me thinking
what if the fishermen would have said
“Why not?” had I asked if I could take

their photos? Anyway, the time was
getting to 8 am and anyone living on
Crows and fishermen having an early morning conversation about
fish scraps Photo: online the coast knows that the heat is on a
high level. I made my way back to the
road and headed home.

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