Diani Reef Grand Hotel Ukunda

... type bag….fresh calamari (the contents of his basket varied pleasantly each day…fish, prawns, crayfish…to ensure a wide selection of daily feasting)! Perfect. Next an elderly gentleman comes pushing his bicycle through the sand…this is the Mango Man…Fruit&Veg on wheels. Limes for the calamari, some salad to go with them and pineapple for dessert are quickly purchased. That ...

... and we've learnt to make chapattis. Seen a lot of what our group do day to day - basically working on improving their nature trail / village tour / tree nursery and also helping other local sustainable development community groups. Every Friday we have an 'exposure tour' to local projects or sights of interest - so far seen a lot of cultural dances and the spectacular Chitsanze waterfalls in the Mwalugange elephant sanctuary - bit of a ...

... resort (which felt like the longest walk EVER). So that was Mombasa & Diani beach in a nutshell!!!! And it did make us go a little nutty. To be honest though I wouldn't have wanted to go through all that with anyone else than HM, we were peeing ourselves laughing pretty much the whole time. It was silly. The morning after the jelly fish expedition we flew from Mombasa to Nairobi and then on to Entebbe, Uganda. Made our way back to HM's apartment in Kampala and got ...

... mit Tee fuer 1,60 Euro) machte ich mich mit meiner neuen Kamera im Anschlag zum Fort Jesus auf. Das Fort Jesus ist eine imposante Burg direkt am alten Hafen der Stadt, die zwar im Grossen und Ganzen an die Sklavenburg in Cape Coast erinnert, wegen mangelnder Renovierung aber viel authentischer herueberkommt. Errichtet wurde sie 1593 von den Portugiesen und hat ein paar Mal den Besitzer gewechselt, bevor sie nach dem Oman an ...

... d is everywhere! ok, so i le*ve for voi tomorrow so this will be my l*st n*nu n*nu (mork *nd mindy,remember?) untill *fter the 25th. met up with * lo*d of new friends, went on * d*te l*st night with * keny* n chick!she took my number when i bought * sim c*rd, sne*ky devil! then st*rted texting me! tod*y i got the number of * hot shop *ssist*nt, who im gonn* meet when i come b*ck. they *ll seem to like the white m*n! they prob*bly *ll think im m*d ...

... hasn't rained here in 26 days (end of the rainy season was beginning of june) , and has been between 26c-32c everyday. Currently in Dubai it is 111F (about 44-45c) and it is only 11am. So...coming back to Canada is going to suck! haha...or maybe it will be a welcome break from the hot desert heat..more than likely. So I think that is it, I might write more when I get to Dubai, if not I will wrap this travelogue up when I get back to Canada.

... never got close enough for the cheetahs to attack. I've never seen so many flamingos in one place--it was quite amazing and breathtaking. They look quite a bit like the plastic pink flamingos! We had both a driver and a tracker in our vehicle, and both were native African. The tracker spoke only Swahili, the driver spoke both English and Swahili. The driver had a fabulous accent, and spoke about elephants as "ellies", and pronounced zebra with a short "e", rhymed with Deborah. Our ...

... Mombassa has everything you need in terms of ATMs and pubs etc. There were quite alot of street kids in Mombassa sniffing glue which made me feel quite sick to be honest to see them in that state and see the effects that drugs can have on people it is really quite sad. During my second visit I was setting up some sports projects in Diani which is a beach area about 40km from Mombasa. The area itself was beautiful and tropical with palm ...

... on as the staff cleaned the pool for us and brought out three lounge chairs. The next few days should be very similar. Kevan and I had planned to go to Arusha following Mombasa however while in Nairobi we tried to book our flight to Zanzibar. The flight was full so instead we will be heading directly from Mombasa to Zanzibar on Wednesday. Julie leaves us tomorrow and heads back for Machakos ...

... was
het nog maar 3 kilometer naar het strand van Diani Beach en alle resorts
daar. Anders had ik vanuit Mombasa weer helemaal terug gemoeten.



En zo lag ik even later met Akke samen in het zwembad, in Kenia!!! Heel
bizar hoor, maar toch ook weer heel gewoon. Het was natuurlijk geen verrassing
omdat we het al (vrijblijvend) hadden afgesproken, maar dan is het toch
wel even apart om na 4 weken ...