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Mother and baby
The tents were very makeshift and of rough industrial canvas and not very sophisticated.
Males and females were there and there did not seem to be any taboos about us speaking to
the ladies. Abdulla confirmed that they, as he had feared, gypsies. This made it even more
interesting for us, especially as the men had some musical instruments, which they took out
to entertain us. Once again, I had my whistle and I joined in with the drum and bombarde
(djurna). I was later accompanied by the drummer as I played a whistle and the bombarde
player, playing in a completely different key, tried to join in also. We made an interesting
noise I suppose and Peter took some good photos, while the nomads were otherwise dis-
tracted. Peter also had a Polaroid camera with him and was able to leave a few photos with
them. That also went down well. Meanwhile, Abdulla was becoming increasingly nervous,
and we decided that the fun had gone on as long as it could, and we finally heeded his pleas
and returned to our vehicle.
We still had a long way to go to the coast and we wanted to get there before dusk if possible
as driving late at night on the poor roads was not to be recommended.
