Hobo tourism/Second creative trip of Viktor Pinchuk to Africa



The second creative trip to Africa — a project of the Russian traveler Viktor Pinchuk. The route included two countries, Kenya and Uganda, and lasted a month. Main objective: to visit the habitats of the peoples of Africa who have preserved their ancestral customs and traditions.

General information

 * Duration: 1 month.
 * Period: 4.11. 2007 — 10. 12. 2007
 * Idea: Viktor Pinchuk.
 * Number of participants: 1 (one).
 * Starting point: Nairobi
 * Transit through: Kyiv.
 * Number of countries visited: 2 (two).
 * Way to get: plane.
 * Ways to move: land transport, pedestrian routes.
 * Nature of the journey: creative trip.
 * Purpose: to collect material about lost tribes.
 * Format: hobo tour.

Places visited

 * Uganda: Kampala, Fort Portal, Bundibugyo, Pygmy Village, Kagadi, Hoima (transit), Masindi (transit), Kigumba (transit), Nakasongola, Lira, Kiru, Kotido (Karamoja sub-region).
 * Kenya: Nairobi, Isiolo, Marsabit, Loyangalani, Maralal (transit), Nyahururu (transit), Mombasa.

Мap of the route

The methods applied
In the process of moving along the route the following accommodation options were used:
 * In low-budget locations designed to accommodate the African poor.
 * Moving from Isiolo to Marsabit had to sleep on plastic bottles of water in a dark van filled (over the goods) by Aboriginals; and the Marsabit-Loyangalani sectionroute has been completed on another truck transporting bags of cement, where find a «sleeping place» was not easy for reason overcrowding (many passengers).

Outcomes and results
Written and published in the press more than 20 articles (in Russian):
 * «В гостях у пигмеев» — Crimean Observer: newspaper. — 29.04.2008. — № 17 (247);
 * «Много ли пулемётов в деревнях Кении?» — Crimean Observer: newspaper. — 25.05.2008. — № 20 (250);
 * «Что я делал в Момбасе?» — Crimean Observer: newspaper. — 16.09.2008. — № 37 (267);
 * «А вы бывали на озере Кьога... в Уганде?» — South Capital: newspaper. — 20.06.2008. — № 24 (857);
 * «Что такое МОСАРЕТУ, а также о комфорте по-африкански» — South Capital: newspaper. — 19.09.2008. — № 37 (870);
 * «Медаль за отвагу» — ProX: magazine — 2008 — №1 (1);


 * Зловонная «экзотика» дальних дорог — Crimean time: newspaper. — 3.04.2008. — № 36 (2568);
 * Зачем пигмею противогаз? — Crimean time: newspaper. — 8.05.2008. — № 49 (2581);
 * В поисках загадочных карамоджас — Crimean time: newspaper. — 22.05.2008. — № 54 (2586);
 * Груша-Африка — Crimean time: newspaper. — 29.05.2008. — № 57 (2589);
 * В жёлтой жаркой Африке не видать идиллии... — Crimean time: newspaper. — 17.07.2008. — № 75 (2607);
 * Дед Масай и масайцы — Crimean time: newspaper.— 31.07.2008. — № 81 (2613);
 * В поисках затерянных племён — Crimean time: newspaper. — 16.10.2014. — № 41 (3396);


 * Подарок вождю — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 22. 10. 2009. — № 36 (852);
 * Угандийскими тропами — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 12. 11. 2009. — № 39 (855);
 * Акуна матата — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 10. 12. 2009. — № 42 (858);
 * Джамбо, Кения! — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 4. 11. 2010. — № 38 (899);
 * Кения-2: приключения продолжаются — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 25. 11. 2010. — № 41 (902);
 * Кения-3: фотомодели у хижин — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 14. 12. 2010. — № 43 (904);
 * Кения-4: калейдоскоп событий — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 23. 12. 2010. — № 44 (905);
 * Кения-5: пора домой! — Republic of Crimea: newspaper.— 13. 01. 2011. — № 1 (907);
 * Проблемы водоснабжения в Африке — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 24. 03. 2011. — № 8 (914).

In addition:
 * The opening of the photo exhibition «Uganda: Tribes and Civilization» took place in June 2008; the venue is the House of Artist (Simferopol).
 * The exhibition "Tribes of Kenya" was held in the Central Museum of Tavrida, four years later.
 * Two issues in the series of TV stories of the author’s project "Around the World with Empty Pockets" were based on the materials of trip to Kenya and Uganda.

Materials in Wikisource project

 * Viktor Pinchuk  "In search of the Lost Tribes"

Links (in ru)

 * L. Obukhovskaya "Face to face with pygmies" — Crimean Truth: newspaper. — 21.06.2008. — № 112 (24455)
 * M. Samokhin "Pinchuk is lucky that he was not eaten" — Express newspaper: newspaper. — febr.2008. — № 6 (679)