It's been a long while since I've posted anything. I've gone from having endless amounts of time in the first few months, to having no time at all. But, I'm determined to slowly catch up and post pics from the last few months.
Just before things got really busy, we spent a few days at the coast in Lamu. Lamu is dreamland as far as I'm concerned. It's hot, exotic, relatively safe, and luxurious. A mixture of swahili and muslim/arab culture, with a touch of Portuguese, the place forces you to slow down and relax. The actual town of Lamu is fascinating: very colorful, dirty and busy. There are no cars on the entire island - the only means of transportation are donkeys on land or boats/dhows on the water. There are so many donkeys (and many seriously mistreated) that an English woman opened up a donkey hospital.
We didn't actually stay in Lamu Town, but a few km down the island in Shela, a smaller town right next to the beach and dunes. There you can rent entire houses including a cook for very reasonable. What a treat!! Thanks to our visitor from Germany, Reinhold, here are some pictures to share:
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| our house in Shela - the roof deck |
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| Shela house, owned by a German who has great taste |
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| strolling in Lamu Town |
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| Dhows waiting to go out |
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| Shela house |
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| dining room in Shela house |
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| relaxing on the roof deck |
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| en-route to our Shela house from the airport |
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| Hours of swimming, every day! The water was warmer that the air, and the air was a good 80F. |
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| One of the many donkeys in Lamu.... |
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| Sailing on a dhow. |
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| the amazing baobab trees - this one hundreds of years old. |
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| Sascha caught her first fish!!! |
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| Our collection of snappers. Admittedly our guides caught most of these. It was harder than expected to actually hook the fish. Maybe there is something to fishing..... |
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| Delivering the freshly caught fish to our cook. |
