Ocean Sports Resort Malindi

So this is where I will be living for the next two years in the desolate village of Garashi. The village lies about 50km inland from the city of Malindi and occupied by a local tribe called the Giriama's. They of course have their own mother tongue which differs from swahili. I am integrating though find it hard to understand the Giriama language. If one could imagine the perfect Peace Corps site location this is it. I love the idea of relying on rain catchment tanks for ...

... and take his bride home!<br><br>Back at Tony's house the bride and groom posed for photos (unfortunatley the one with us didn't come out) and we had our first lunch of Pilau rice.<br><br>By half one it was all finished and we went back to our house for a second lunch and a quiet afternoon, the only thing of note was Ant eating 3 chapatis for tea. It was a good day.<br><br>Aside from that we have also visited more schools and have nearly finished ...

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 ...

... beide auf dem Grund angekommen, schon war ich mir absolut sicher: Das hier lohnt sich allemal. Irgendwie ist es da unten wie in einer anderen Welt, schwer zu beschreiben... Wenn man eine Doku im Fernsehen sieht, ist das schoen und gut, aber wenn man selber durchtaucht und die buntesten Fische um einen herumschwimmen (weiss mit gelben Flossen, leuchtend blau, rot mit Golfball-grossen Augen, usw.), fuehlt man sich ein bisschen wie auf einem ...

Arrived in the coastal town of Malindi in order to snorkel in the Marine Reserve. The town has a major Muslim population although it has a large influx of Italian tourists to the extent there is an Italian supermarket and an Italian butchery in town. The snorkelling in the Reserve was enjoyable ...

Some photos to put faces to names. we decided to add a bit of detail to the wall on our last day and the photos here are the result. The kids were brought out one by one and subjected to a conveyor belt of hand in paint, on wall, in soap ...

... onto the roof and robbed a baby bird from its nest. In between my screaming at him to put it back and 20 kids clambouring over both of us to get a look/stoke of it the poor birdie croaked it. Traumatised I was! Just as well we had a short week! Just had a long weekend as Christine wanted to close the school to give the kids, and herself and Eithne, a break before school officially starts back tomorrow - though I know rightly she will have pulled a 72 hour shift ...

After a flight each day this week we finally arrived in Malindi- small town on the coast of the Indian Ocean, north of Mombassa. We are staying in a beautiful resort, a little bit isolated from the local village and people, but it is very relaxing and quiet. I think we were getting tired so need exactly that kind of relaxation. So far we went for a ...

... parts. They also used plenty of cement constructing their tilapia tanks, which irrigate all their trees and vegetable beds. They had raised beds and tire beds. All were well mulched, sometimes with bags from the cement plant. The office was made of the back of an old cement truck. They had some great vermiculture designs using buckets or trays. Another awesome design was the methane producing manure digester. It was so simple. Cow manure goes in one end. Methane in ...

... into the Mombasa Members Club, only to hear the next day from Wilson of the Exchange that 'I know someone there who would have....' We'll have to improve the communication lines! Oh yeah finally, it was Combie's birthday on the 11th. We were on Safari - wild animals, too much alcohol...you know the score. Kenya is also a milestone in another way. It marks the end of our 'solo travelling'. On Monday 14 March, we board our overland truck which for the ...