Lamu Palace

... 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 ...

... any other room with two beds? Well yes... they sure do. On the side of the building, no ocean view or balcony....backing on to the mosque, but this room can be yours for the amazing price of $4000 per night, including breakfast. And we could use the lounge area on the top floor. Hmmm, well again, stupid we are although we don't kick ourselves till later...we move our bags in. We are sure we are being overcharged though.... And I HATE that feeling. ...it makes me so angry! nSo we ...

... und hatte mir gleich einen Ausflug fu** den **sten vollen Tag (gest**n) gebucht, was sich am Schluss als voll** Erfolg h**ausstellte. Darueb** hinaus sind die vielen Nationalitaeten, die man hi** trifft, ein wahr** Genuss, und damit meine ich keinen ausuf**nden Massentourismus, sond**n einfach einen Haufen d** Sorte Mensch, die keinen Bock auf Toskana, Malle od** Tu**kei hat, sond**n einfach mal woand**s hin will. Meine "Liste" des gestrigen Tages: Ein ...

... didn’t need to be, he was just being friendly. I have to stop being so cynical, but I can’t help it! I saw him a few days later on the beach and said hello, true to his word with a windsurfing board. The flight was a little bumpy and my stomach was jumping around excitedly but I loved it, especially looking at the scenery on take off and landing. It was almost like a good bus service – you wait, get on, it leaves, then you get off again. Perfect ...

... ovviamente circa 2 ore dopo, quando la strada torna ad essere assolutamente sterrata, anche se devo dire che sul bus e' un po' meno scomodo che sul maledetto pulmino. Passiamo in mezzo a villaggi di capanne, stagni con ragazzi e mucche che fanno il bagno, savana che diventa jungla e scimmie lungo la strada. Dopo veramente 4 ore (stentiamo a crederci) siamo al molo dove gli scafisti ci caricano su una barca di legno che ci porta in mezzo alle mangrovie ...

... neighboring island in about 5 minutes, jumped off the boat and walked to the airport 'terminal' (another loosely used term - the terminal here consisted of a dirt path leading to a grass thatched covering over a bunch of chairs.) We arrived safely in Nairobi spent the evening relaxing, enjoying the 'high speed' access of a satellite (high-speed being another loosely used term) and reviewing some of the photos and stories from the preceeding days.

... you my silver shop." or "Come, I will show you the furniture we make at our woodworking shop. I give you good price." With only a few hundred tourists here at a time, Shay needs to hustle. There's a lot of competition offering the same services, and he's learned (right or wrong) that persistence, to the point of being downright annoying, seems to pay off. It was late afternoon and I was heading to grab a beer at Petleys ...

... pas à Lamu. Alors, j'abaisse ma dernière carte et l'appelle par son « vrai » nom : Jamali gorgi !! Là, devant moi, je vois son visage tremblé de rage, et il dit rapidement quelques mots à ses deux hommes qui sortent chacun un couteau de poissonnier ! Les choses se sont ensuite passées très vite même si la rédaction des faits prendra un peu plus de temps. Jamali me dit que je monterai dans le bateau de grès ou de force. Pendant que je jette mon sac sur le sable à ma ...

... let face it; I just think they are ****ing lying! (H*w many times d*es the P*pe g* t* c*nfessi*n f*r giving h*pe t* humans based *n s*me belief he is n*t even sure ab*ut) I have a questi*n! If GOD created us as his *wn image, I still can't und**stand why, lat** *n he was s* surprised that we made a **** up *ut *f it. D*esn't GOD kn*w himself well en*ugh, that he didn't kn*w in advance, that by giving us free will we w**e g*ing t* ruin his plan! If th ...

... engine airplane to Nairobi. As we're taxi-ing down the runway the pilot is chatting on his mobile phone. But he got us to Nairobi in one piece. It was beautiful flying over Kenya, best tonic after a few sick days. At one point we could see Killiminjaro to the south and Mount Kenya to the north. Once in Nairobi there was an overnight bus leaving to Kampala, Uganda so I got a seat and said goodbye to Kenya for now.