Hotel Travellers Tiwi Beach Ukunda

We are travelling down a bumpy, winding road. To our left and right dense green bush creates a tunnel for us to drive through. Bertha slowly crawls over the uneven surface towards our destination. We have heard plenty about Tiwi Beach, both positive and not, and are now excitedly waiting for our first glimpse of this beach campsite.

Wow. WOW. WOW!!!!

Ahead of us, down a small grassy hill, a white ...

... So - down to business. We've done a lot of wall building and gardening round the office to smarten it up a bit / eaten a lot of coconuts and mangoes / learnta bit of Swahili and Digo (the local tribe's language) and drank a fair bit of Mnazi (palm wine - 30 bob a bottle which comes with jam jars and bamboo sticks to drink from). The local who drink it tend to get really deep and we've had some good chats about cultural differences and ...

... for 40 shillings a family could survive on maize and mangos for 2 days; since the elections tax on maize has gone through the roof; it now costs 120 shillings (1.20p) for the same quantity. This Government sold off 67% of the Country's Maize to Sudan and surrounding countries last year - now these people struggle terribly; that maize was supposed to feed them! But, I'm heartened by news of Professor Philip Alston's work as a UN Special ...

... at the club when you dance because the locals know how to move, and off course we all stood out a mile!! Those of us who survied the night went to see fort jesus, i do not recommend this its very boring, so we then went and had pizza, oh it was so lovely to have cheese again, mmm. I send a whole day on my own last week at the universal orphanage and school, and taught maths english and science which i thoroughly enjoyed. I introduced a game ...

... Stadtteil Mombasas ab, doch war der nichtsdestotrotz mit seinem verfallenden kolonialen Stil interessant zu erkunden und hatte hier und da auch ein paar enge Gaesslein a la Lamu zu bieten. Dazu fuehrte mich Unaussprechlich durch die grosse, aber ueberdachte Markthalle und erklaerte mir danach, dass sich die Altstadt in weitere kleine Quartiere aufteilt, die sich nach ihrer Vorliebe fuer Vereine definieren. Es gab ein ManU-Viertel, ein Liverpool ...

... it. so * speci*l th*nks to *ll the l*ds who fundr*ised with me for the christm*s swim, *nd to eveyrone who sponsored them *nd me,I'll get pics for you *ll soon! you c*nt believe how little people h*ve here *nd how much th*t money will ch*nge these peoples lives! theres * problem with me upd*ting on f*cebook, so tell people if they w*nn* see this, to go to the link you clicked. untill *fter the 25th! hope you *ll h*ve fun! t*lk soon! Te*cher Gez

... going over the reef and watching down in huge ponds. Exiting times. Thinking back on Mombasa -where I got my first taste of spray from the sea and sandy beachfun in the sun -probably have a lot to say in my living much of the year in sunny Thailand today... Beachlife certainly are addictive... I should get back to Mombasa and check out that tidal river again...

... and kind of chewy), and ??? (brain damage has kicked in, it will come to me eventually). We ate on tableclothes with cloth napkins, drank the ubiquitous bottled water and coke light from bottles. Before lunch the Masai offered crafts for sale, mostly beaded necklaces and bracelets, displayed on cloths on the ground. The beaded jewelry was a different style than what we'd seen before --the beads were worked around a cylindrical core, and they were very expensive, e.g., $15 for a ...

... have a tan....but of course noone can tell :) On the 2nd of Jan we went into Mombassa and walked around old town which reminded me of Europe, with the narrow streets and 4 story buildings. It is interesting to see that most people who live in Mombassa are Muslim, whereas in Nairobi they are mostly Christian and the distance is only 6hrs by car, or one by plane. Everyone we have met are friendly and I am getting ...

... br> als thuis.



Ook heb ik genoten van heerlijke, goedkope massages daar in het hotel.
Maar dat gaat natuurlijk wel op zijn Afrikaans he.... de 2e keer dat ik
daar kwam moesten eerst twee Moslim-meisjes wakker gemaakt worden en opschuiven,
die lagen op de vloer te slapen omdat ze zo moe waren door de Ramadan.


Afijn, het Christelijke meisje begint mij te masseren, en even later moet ...