"Lokichokio" Lokichokio by civilian

Lokichokio Travel Guide: 3 reviews and 5 photos

looking for some dust?

20 Years ago there where only 300 people of the local tribe of the turkana living here, armed with spears and almost naked. In the 90 Loki became the logistcal base for food aid. Since then, every day the UN is flying food into south sudan.
Today up to 40000 people are living here, and instead of spears AK 47 ( kalasnikows) are widly used.

Same problem, other reason....

patients

Again I was in charge of running a small Orthopeadic workshop.
Even if we had not to many Landmine victims to fit, there are lot of other ways to loose your limbs there, like snakebite, spiderbyte, krokodilebyte................
picture shows some of our patients

Pros and Cons

Pros:ääääääää
Cons:isolated and dusty
In a nutshell:The most strange experience in my live

Last visit to Lokichokio: Feb 2004
Intro Updated Dec 11, 2004
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Reviews (3)

A taste of guantanamo....... Hotels (1)

Most people going to Loki are working for NGO`s and will stay in compounds belonging to the NGO`s like MSF; ICRC or UN.... more travel advice

leaving on a (jet?) plane........ Transportation (1)

It`s not very safe to travel from Nairobi to Loki, so everyone who can affort it takes the plane. If you have to go to... more travel advice

why to go to loki? Favorites (1)

well -not to much reasons to go there, beside you are working for an NGO. Almost each NGO has his own compound, and the... more travel advice

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tini58de Mar 17, 2005 at 11:45 PM

Not really a tourist spot, but definitely interesting to read about your experiences there! Thanks for sharing, Christof!
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BerniShand Mar 13, 2005 at 11:02 AM

a really interesting page, it must feel very strange to live here, but feel good to be working at something so worthwhile
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marcoparco Jan 29, 2005 at 6:35 AM

Cool page about a previously unknown place! Cheers
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Colzy Jan 27, 2005 at 2:10 AM

The previous posts are spot on..... must feel good to make a positive difference to this world of ours on a daily basis. Chilly night sounds interesting, if I am ever in the area I will be sure to check it out :)
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Tourtech Jan 26, 2005 at 2:42 AM

God bless you man....
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cachaseiro Jan 18, 2005 at 9:21 PM

good work mate.
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irisbe Dec 25, 2004 at 10:48 AM

The world is lucky with people like you! Thank you for what you do for others!