Petey's Island Lamu

... 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 ...

... chapter... a little background on Lamu. Lamu is what the lonely planet describes as a "throwback to Swahili culture that once dominated the entire Indian Ocean Coast". Lamu has earned itself Unesco world heritage site status with it's mysterious narrow pathways and gorgeous carved wood and traditional houses. It really is like you are in another world, feels more like Islam than Africa. The island is Muslim so both men and women are dressed accordingly...and alcohol can only be found ...

... dieselben P**sonen mindestens drei Mal am Tag, und schon gest**n morgen fruehstueckten wir beide zufaellig im selben Restaurant. Da konnte ** mir auch gleich v**sich**n, dass ich einen guten Dhau-Kapitaen fu** meine Tour h**ausgesucht habe, auf die ich gleich danach aufbrach. Meine Ausflugskumpanen waren Val**i und Alex, ein ukrainisches Pa**chen, und Barbara, eine Lehr**in aus d** Schweiz, die seit 1991 jedes Jahr nach Lamu kommt und ebenfalls so ziemlich ...

... from Pirates of the Caribbean crossed with a more modern market scene from Indiana Jones. The architecture along the seafront was sort of Arabic/Portuguese/Spanish/Moorish/India n (you know what I mean?), I don’t know how else to describe it! There were lots of people who appeared to be waiting at the jetty. We clambered from the boat with the help of the boatmen onto the slippery steps and climbed up. Arriving on Lamu was a sort of pleasant assault of the ...

... Ora sara' circa mezz'ora che il tipo dell'internet point sta facendo non so cosa con il nostro biglietto per l'aereo di domani, ma ancora non e' riuscito a stamparlo... Non so perche' ma non sono mica cosi' sicura di riuscire a salire su quell'aereo!! Ah.. mi dicono che a circa una riga ogni 15 minuti la stampante qualcosa sta producendo. Beh. Comunque... qui si sta bene, il clima e' stupendo, la gente anche, male che vada... vi aspettiamo per pasqua??

... could use one of those extra McDonalds from Dubai! Having learned all this over the few days, I'm not sure I understand why we still thought we'd be fine leaving our house at 3:10pm to catch a 4pm flight that requires a boat ride across the bay to the next island. Yes, Shannon had confirmed with the manager of the house that we'd be meeting the boat at exactly 3:10pm and they should be ready to wisk us off to the airport on the next island ...

... It's a secret that you're Musim?" "No, it's a secret that I drink." "Shay, do you know what the word hypocrite means?" Laughs. "Yes. Many Muslim here drink secretly." "Well, it's not too much of a secret...you're in a public bar (granted, in the 4 days we've been in Lamu and 3 other times I've been in the bar, I haven't seen anyone else in it! Although I'm told it does get a bit of a crowd at night), and the bartender ...

... qui vient de se produire, j'ai du mal à croire que j'ai répondu à leur agression par un coup de couteau sur un homme. Je savais que si jamais je sortais mes couteaux, ce ne serait pas pour jouer à la dînette mais de la réflexion à l'action, il y a tout un monde. Sur le moment, je ne dirais pas que j'ai réfléchis mais plutôt que j'ai réagis à la menace présente de la meilleure des manières, du moins je le crois. Ils ne voulaient pas seulement prendre mon sac et toute mes ...

... b*at, stunt c**rdinat*sr swimming back t* sh*re like c*wards, f*rgetting ab*ut the 15 Indian Extras begging f*r s*meb*dy t* help them. A ****ing disast**! 5 ended the day in the h*spital, badly injured. I sh*uld say 5 "*nly" because with*ut the int**venti*n *f all the Extras present *n the scene, the day w*uld have ended up with a c*uple *f dead pe*ple. N*b*dy ev** thanked us f*r saving the life *f s* many pe*ple and als* f*r saving their ****ing m*vie ...

... the island everything else is transported by donkey. As a result there is donkey **** everywhere. Half an hours walk away is the start of a white sand beach which stretches for 15km. I've walked down there for the last few days and had a dip in the sea, which is as warm as bath water. In the evening I tend to go for a drink in the hotel on the beach. At one pound a bottle the beer is a little expensive, but as the hotel rates in the top ten in the ...