Joysvilla Guesthouse Malindi

... to solve every problem that has existed throughout history. At times it gets hard being the only caucasian for miles and dealing with all the attention. My best friends are the village chiefs from around my area which use me as an inspirational speaker at local Baraza's (community meetings). At first it was very intimidating but now I really enjoy it and I think I can make a lasting impression on these peoples lives now the hard part is following through on expectations.

... 30 other people to meet the bride who was sat hidden in a veil being fanned. The veil was lifted and a 15 minute ceremony took place in which they fed each other to symbolise providing for each other in the future.<br><br>We then went outside for a 3rd breakfast (This was about 11am) of pilau rice and mandaazi and to listen to more singing from the women - the song was apparently referring to how the women were bored and the groom should hurry ...

Malindi is a popular tourist town with scenic beauty, clean white beaches and a lot of history located on the East Coast of Kenya, <br><br>Malindi also referred to as the Coral Coast provides a very nice introduction to the beautiful Kenyan coast. Visitors can experience surfing ...

... a 50p tip, walked us all the way there and sat outside while we ate, hoping to walk us home again, but we said no thankyou we would get a tuk tuk. He asked for our address and telephone numbers, but I am ashamed to say I think I made a mistake with the odd digit in both!<br>Before the meal we saw a local football match and strolled along the white sand beach dodging scorpions.<br>

... geschockt hatten: "Les mal bis morgen bitte die ersten beiden Kapitel." Jo kein Ding denk ich mir, aber als ich abends dann das Buch aufschlage, trifft mich schier der Schlag: 120 SEITEN!!! Fast das halbe Buch! Nice! Da fuehlte ich mich wie in gute alte Homberg-Tage zurueckversetzt, als man mal "bis Montag die Seiten 30 bis 160 durchlesen und sich Fragen ueberlegen" musste. Zweiterer sind fuenf etwa 40-minuetige Filmchen, in dem das Buch quasi in bewegten Bildern vorgefuehrt wird ...

... open to find what they have inside. People actually believe that there is gold and treasure in there?!?!! Who knows, maybe they are right! There was still time for the kids to have a little pose for the camera en-route back to the matatu........ I'm heading to Mombasa and Diani beach for the weekend, to catch up with some of the volunteers....watch this space! x

Watamu I hugged my heavy pack on the Matatu, which cost all of 50 shillings (less than $1). I arrived in Watamu famished and headed straight for Mama Lucy's supermarket. It was filled with European delicacies serving the plethora of self-catering resorts in this popular coastal holiday destination. Unfortunately, the said European delicacies were ridiculously overpriced, so I was left salivating. I was escorted by a beach boy, through a maze of side street through ...

... was still carrying too much, including food (coconuts). All my belongings, especially my clothes, were caked in good old African dust. The morning sickness arrived like clockwork, and 30 minutes later it disappeared, also like clockwork. The air conditioning in my room was faulty, and I slept with the windows open, resulting in loads of mosquitoes. Uri had explained to me that their method of evading mosquito bites was quite simple, live in a fridge. The ...

Time for another day in the life i think...but now life is much more relaxed as this is a day in the life of me staying at Stu's beautiful house in Kenya on the Indian coast. The general theme is all about relaxing-I slept for 15hours on Monday, a good post-tour recovery, and cooling off in the lovely swimming pool which is cleaned daily or more by the pool boy! I am so well looked after I don't even have to make my ...

ENGLISH Marc* and I arrived in M*mbasa ar*und 13h00, glad t* be alive aft** the 6h*urs bus ride fr*m Tanga. That driv** was a ****ing nuts m*th** ******. I t**k hundreds *f bus and mini bus during my trips but I s**i*usly th*ught and Marc* as well that this *ne will be the last. I d*n't kn*w h*w we made it with*ut killing any b*dy, maybe 2 r**st**s and a hen but n*b*dy wh* didn't really ask f*r it. I mean that y*u really have t* be *nly a stupid ****ing r**st** t* stay *n ...