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A little slice of paradise on the Kenyan coast

A travel blog entry by julesandjen

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Then we’re called over to the boat as time to go because now we are the only ones in the sea and have been for about the last half hour. We can’t comprehend how people pay all this money to snorkel and then only half get in the water and have a swim for 10 minutes! Ah well more money than sense and all that - just like the crazy people at the shark diving in Cape Town.

Then ...

The Kenya Coast

A travel blog entry by teirrac

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Monday I flew from Nairobi to Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya. The plane was small but not super-tiny (maybe seats for 40 people), but it was an absurdly bumpy flight. We were clearly descending to land, when at some point we started gaining altitude again. The pilot came on and said something that should be banned from pilots’ vocabularies…”There’s no need to panic, ...

My time in Kimori

A travel blog entry by marrakeshtocape

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... way of getting the tv to work, since it appeared to me that the metal coil was being used in a similar way to a tv aerial. Turned out though that it was actually a device for heating water and just happened to be plugged in at the same time as the tv.
Something tells me that their first impression of me might not have been the most positive one I could have hoped for!
The next morning was a Sunday and so I went with Nancie and Robert (Neno went t get her hair ...

The Lamu Smackdown

A travel blog entry by evs1210

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Afternoon all

I've just spent the past 6 nights on Lamu Island which is home to the Swahili people who are predominantly Islamic following the arrival of Arabs to the East African coast back in the day.

Lamu has a reputation for being one of the highlights of Kenya and having spent a few days there it is clear to see why although I did have a bit of an ordeal at the end of the stay which put a bit of a dampner on things.

The island can only ...

Dhow Race

A travel blog entry by daveandmarit

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Hi all,

After a night of no sleep we headed to Shella beach for the New Years Day dhow race... The place to be seen.

The beach was packed when we arrived and waited for the start. On the signal the crew sprint from the beach into the boat, opening the sails and heading off. The race lasted about an hour and a half and the atmosphere was electric at the finish line.

As the winning boat comes into the shore, loads of people swim out to meet it and then (and i'm not ...

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