Saturday, 18 August 2007

Lamu


Lamu!

It is a magical island off Kenya's North Coast - an old Arab city, full of history and magic. Way back in 2000, when Monica and I have decided to go around Kenya for a week in the middle of our work at Kerugoya School for the Deaf - it would be silly if we come to Kenya and stay in Kerugoya all the time when there's so much to visit.

We went to Mombasa - it was a big let-down for us - its commercialised and it's full of tourists etc. I said to Momoca that we have to go up the Coast to Lamu to see if it's any good as there were a lot of good reviews.

It turned out that the coast road was fucked up because of heavy rain etc, Monica and I decided to go by plane (how European!) - it wasn't cheap but we were glad we went for it.

Our few-days stay at Lamu was amazing - it was a beautiful place - great to rest and recharge our batteries etc - it helped me to get over my Welsh love a bit!

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