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New Year's on the coast of Kenya
Happy New Year To All!!!! I have just arrived back from being in Mombassa, Kenya for the past 5 days!!! Mombassa is on the Southern coast of Kenya (East...just so you know). Mom, Dad, Christine, and I stayed at the Leisure Lodge, and we could see the ocean from our room balcony, obscured only by palm trees. It was hot everyday and we spent our …
Coming to a close
... he didn't have to do that and that taking such good care of
me was enough. I didn't want to get into the details of how I can't
bring a chicken with me to the U.S. (nor do I want to-ha).
I picked cow peas (similar to black
eyed peas) for several hours this week- spread over several days.
Again, I can't communicate with my family so mostly we just sit in
silence, which is nice in itself. I realized that I appreciate the
dim lighting ...
Let the games begin!
... on Thursday. He was such a nice young guy. He had an eventful trip to the airport with the driver getting a call that his brother had been caught selling illegal dvd’s carted off to the police station and the driver stopping and getting another driver as he had to go and raise money to bribe the police to let his brother go, so he wouldn’t go to jail to await 'trial.’ This is the ‘norm’ in Kenya. But then the ...
Hospitals, turkeys, reefs and dugout sailboats
... for the remainder of the trip to a shopping center to see if we could find some snorkeling gear. I was determined to find some good snorkeling that we wouldn’t have to hire a boat to get out to, but the locals all say that there is no good snorkeling near the beach anywhere in Diani. I was going to prove them wrong. We got our masks at an exorbitant price, and then purchased our snorkels in a supermarket to save a few bucks. Mask quality is important, snorkel quality ...
Matatus, baboons and the numbing boredom of fishin
... about a half mile, against a sandbar that dries only on low tide. After snorkeling the reef that abuts the sandbar, we walked around on the sandbar, laid on our backs in the clear water for a while and watched the local sailing crafts zip between the reef and the beach, local fishermen holding up tiny lobsters and fish to see if you are interested in buying some. If your eye lingers on them for more than two seconds they speed up to you and then you lose a good half hour you will never ...
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