Old Town Mombasa

Habari!
Msuri sana!

Back from Mombasa and well rested :-)
A very very adventurous trip ...

We set off at around 8am (in a very reluctant mood_I never thought that I would be so attached to my comfort, ie: air conditioning in cars).

The landscape is very changeable on the way to Mombasa...(like a woman's mood …

... of trepidation? We are happy to report that so far, it is nothing like we expected. Keeping in mind that Kenya is a developing nation; the town of Mombasa is pretty clean, orderly, and safe. The Kenyans we have encountered so far have been genteel, ...

... as I got my room settled, I jumped in the ocean to get some of the dust and sweat off. Later I walked around old town. Old town Mombasa is like a huge Lamu with cars and without all the reggae. They love their barbequed meat here. I ate masala chips ...

... I asked what it was so I could buy it he grinned and said "it is made specially ... for you!" After winding my way through the Old Town streets, having a joke with some Piaggio guys when I asked if I could take a photo, I made my way to Fort Jesus. Built ...

... ', No Girl No Tears, etc. So, after bouncing across the dirt roads that serve as the main boulevards of Mombasa, we arrived in Old Town. On our first visit it was rather bewildering. We spent a lot of time wandering around, slightly lost and ...

... north of the city, Nyali. Janet and Bernard were excellent hosts (and tour guides) and took us to Fort Jesus and the Old Town.  It was extremely picturesque with little craft shops along the narrow streets, each with the shop owner hassling you to ...

... welcome me -  Socialising with Lucy (Finlay's employee) - out in the evenings like a local -  Fort Jesus and Mombasa old town personal tour -  Eating baobab seeds -  Having a fan in my room in Summerlinks, Mombasa Old Town – ...

... the temperature difference.  It is extremely hot and humid here and I haven't sweat this much since Ethiopia.  The Old Town of Mombasa consists of a myriad of winding alleyways that one can easily get lost in.  The main sight in Old ...

... and alleyways are my museum of what people are doing and how they are living today.  For example when wandering through Old Town(Arabic streets and alleys), I see a banner across one of the streets proclaiming support for the Liverpool ...

... ;supposedly had no space.  We started at the supermarket and got a few items on our list, and then headed to Old Town, where there is a Portuguese fort that you can visit, and a couple of streets that are apparently quite ...

... full of Tuska. We spent a day on Mombassa island the centre and went to Fort Jesus - old portugese fort and the old town, the area dates back to Vasco de gamma and then the first arabic invasions. We had a great guide for a few hours Moses ...