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Wrong turn 2

Imagine my surprise when on last week's photo sessing we came across this shack settlement at the very bottom of Oxford street. The photographs are not the best because I was in a hurry to shoot and run.

 

What really surprised me were the number of shoes on the roof and clothing. Why, I wondered?

 

A man in an orange shirt appeared from nowhere, very friendly and we engaged in conversation. I asked whether he lived there and he replied that he did. I expressed my amazement as people there have no water or toilet facilities. "Oh", he said "the man up the road gives us water from his tap". The toilet issue got a shrug. "And where do you watch soccer", I asked. "At the shebeen (local bar)" was his reply.

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Uploaded on July 15, 2010
Taken on July 8, 2010