Lamu

Lamu is an island off the Kenyan coast that is a UNESCO world heritage site, being the oldest inhabited area of Kenya. We flew here right after our safari. The airplane was small and the airport smaller. We caught a “taxi,” a canoe sized boat, across the water to the town.Most of the buildings are along the waterfront. The ones not crumbling or dilapidated are bank buildings and mosques. There are no cars – transport is donkey or motorcycle. Our first night we walked 45 minutes south to get to a bar, it’s mainly Muslim so not too much alcohol, to find out it hadn’t opened yet for the season. Back at our hotel we found there was bar all along – I joked that we’d just done an Alchemist.

The next day we wandered around trying not to be shocked by the temperature difference – Nairobi was 22 and cool, Lamu 29 and hot. There were lots of kids greeting us and Don stopped to chat with whomever said hello. I swam in the pool and read my book. Delicious down time.Birthday Sunday started with banana chocolate pancakes, and then a little more leisure before back to Nairobi for a fancy dinner and hotel.