Do you ever feel like

[Anarchist]

Always found the Geeljire lifestyle to be overly glamorized and exaggerated.

Nothing remotely appealing about living among primitives, fighting over basics & watching myself regress cognitively over the years.

[AbdiWahab252]

Always found the Geeljire lifestyle to be overly glamorized and exaggerated.

Nothing remotely appealing about living among primitives, fighting over basics & watching myself regress cognitively over the years.

Geeljires I have spoken to prefer to live as IDPs rather than walk for 18hrs per day.

[Thuganomics]

Ah, the great rer badiye life:

1. Constant diarrhea

2. Insects - Flies to Teste Flies, Mosquitoes, Scorpions

3. Elements - Heat, Dust, Constant UV exposure ages your face

4. Disgusting water - Muddy during the rainy season and in many parts, bitter tasting. The heavy water makes your kidneys produce kidney stones.

5. Insecurity - Always living on the edge, wondering where to roam next

Not forgetting every tree picking a fight with you
Not been able to saunter down to the nearest shop when you feel like it
Going to toilet in you own private space (This could be a subject all on it's own)

[AgentOfChaos]

Everyday.

[Based]

Based: Reason, rationality logic and all things related do not fly there so it'll be hard persuading folks. What flies is an Ak 47 and the physical strength to live life under a harsh and abject conditions. On top of that, you'd get sliced for walking by a waterhole that does not belong to you. If you are going there pack the following: bulletproof vest, helmets, machine gun and maybe you'll survive a decade or two. Or you can brainwash baadiye faraxs and form your own bandits.

From what I've picked up on snet, yelling "tol beelay!" in times of distress is more than sufficient in sticky situations.

@ AW & Anarchist, I refuse to give up the notion of an idyllic badiya existence. I'd like to think that badiyo has been a repository of Somali culture and traditions despite the inherent hardships of pastoralism, free from the influence of outsiders to live as freely as Adam himself

[Cumar-Labasuul]

Of course compared to our cushy lifestyles next to none would swap it for nomad life, however it is our tradition that dates back generations

[Anarchist]

@Based - The ocean always had my calling, can't imagine being so far away from it living with camels in the hinterlands.

Hoped to retire in Marka or Baraawe someday, willing to settle for Lamu at this point.

[Cumar-Labasuul]

I agree I would love to live in a small beach village within a short driving distance to the main city. Waking up to the sound of the ocean

[eliteSomali]

lol @ tol beelay in times of distress.

Waryaa sheekada tol way ka tagi. Laf iyo jilib bay tagi. So the larger tol will walk by you as you kaca kuf not to mention that everyone got their own shyt to deal with .

[Lillaahiya]

Hell no!

[Based]

Changed my mind.

[Keyblade]

Changed my mind.

[Fey]

I'm with Fran Lebowitz (I want all her suits): "To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel."

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

While leaving behind smartphones and all the nice things about western world? Nah hell fkking no.

[PrinceDaadi]

I agree I would love to live in a small beach village within a short driving distance to the main city. Waking up to the sound of the ocean

Same here. A small beach village with few people and short distance drive from main city. I m thinking of starting my own village and inviting like minded people.