Shella Sea Breeze Guest House Lamu

... some emergency US dollars. Dan please bring us some more I think you have better bring 400, as the cashpoints are often unfriendly. Anyway, when we arrived in the pouring rain, we found that Lamu has installed one cashpoint since the Lonely Planet 2006 edition was written and it was a friendly one. Our next new friend, Ali ...

... you look: snoozing in the shade, chasing crabs on the beach and begging for fish scraps from the fishermen. Donkeys are also everywhere... and they are so hardworking! Packing huge loads everywhere on the island. For some reason though when they are not working... we often saw them eating rocks and dirt... maybe someone needs to start feeding these creatures! The two main towns are Shela and Lamu Town. We stayed in Shela as it has a wonderful sandy (and very much desserted) beach and ...

... uns vorb**eitet hatte und wo es dann auch das Mittagessen gab. Nach einem kurzen Schnorcheltrip und d** gemuetlichen Rueckfahrt war es dann auch schon 16 Uhr - Zeit fu** einen kurzen Mittagsschlaf (obligatorisch auf Lamu). Beim Abendessen gabs dann noch eine kleine Unt**haltung mit den Nied**laend**n Nils und Jasp**, und meine Zimm**nachbarn (Belgi**) und ich kamen zum Schluss noch gleichzeitig nach Hause, woraufhin beim Zaehneputzen ein Schwaetzchen ueb ...

... help with bags and offering to show us the way to our hotel, but thankfully we had bumped into someone who worked at our hotel when we arrived at the airport, so the others sort of backed off (they work on a commission basis I believe). The man from our hotel carried our heavier bags the 10 minute walk to where we would be staying. On the way he pointed out a traditional wedding dance between 2 men, who were sort of fighting (in an amicable, look-at-us sort of way ...

... knows your secret." Laughs again and shrugs his shoulders. "Hypocrite." We laugh and clink glasses. "Cheers!" Shay was a wealth of information. At 27, he's married with 3 children, the eldest being 14! His wife and the youngest live in Mumbasa. He and the middle child (12) live here. His 14 year old is on his own on one of the nearby islands. In the Muslim religion, Shay can have up to 4 wives. He's currently looking ...

... ils me l'ont fait comprendre : ils voulaient que je monte dans leur bateau, que je me mettes à leur merci. Avec le recul, je pense avoir pris la bonne décision car il réside trop d'incertitude sur ce qui serait advenu de moi, si jamais j'avais coopérer. Je ne suis pas en train de dire qu'il ne faut pas le faire, mais juste d'avoir, dans les limites du possible, une réponse adaptée, ce qui est fort difficile, voir peut être juste une question de chance ! Mon ...

... Hapa Hapa restaurant as David wanted to show us all four versions of the bao game. I even managed to beat him twice! By the end of the week both Lai and I had bought a board to take home which Dave inscribed on the back for us. He is a really nice guy and a great carpenter. We usually followed dinner at Hapa Hapa with a visit to Petley's Inn where we mingled with all of the locals, especially the two Mohammeds who took us on our ...

... him ten times what he was asking, took pictures and then left, a very happy camper, after he found some wire for me to fix my broken fins (flippers). I was exhausted, famished, parched and sun burnt, after spending the day snorkeling. I decided to do it on my own as the dhow captains were asking $50 dollars for a half-day excursion, and I could do the same thing for free. I swam across a channel that initially seemed to be only a few hundred ...

... The train left at 7 pm and we had arrangements for dinner at 945, which i thought was a little bit late. Well, don't worry, we didn't eat until 1100 and it was the most rushed through dinner ever AND the lights were out. The server poured me a cup of coffee and immediately after told us we were done and had to leave, there was another dinner scheduled after us. The train was supposed to arrive at 830 the next day but we didn't get there until 1130 ...

... was to become the norm, groups of men trying to provide you with some sort of service to make money in some way, carry your bag, dhow (the local wooden boats) ride, tour....what ever you need or don't need, they will get it for you. Before you know it you are herded to a dhow, and the bargaining begins. Don is getting ruthless. He sets a price and that's it, take it or leave it. The only transport on the Lamu is either donkey or dhow. Dhows are generally 20ft wooden boats ...