I decided to take a short trip upcoast to Lamu, the oldest town in East Africa to celebrate the New Year, and my birthday. I traveled with some Kenyan friends, and this was our bus. Even though Lamu is only roughly 180miles from Mombasa, it took our bus 8 hours to get there! The roads were that bad! But it made for an eventful journey, having our heads bump up and down on the ceiling of the bus! And once we got there, we boarded a tiny, rickety boat to shuttle us to the island. Many people who visit Lamu, say it was the highlight of their entire trip to Kenya, and I can see why. Residents of Lamu call their town, "Kiwa Ndeo", which means, "The Vain Island." And there was plenty for them to be vain about. Ridiculously yummy and cheap seafood, the white sand and the salt-kissed wind, no motorized vehicles...(it's only donkeys who roam the narrow alleyway streets,) traditional dhow sailboats on the water....there's just a lazy air about the place. It was wonderful.
A cute girl in front of us on the bus, holding her chicken in her lap....all the way to Lamu!
Our dinner the first night there....fresh crab! Seafood was enormous, delicious, and so cheap in Lamu!
A quaint Muslim house outside our hostel window, on the waterfront.
Lamu port
I'll post a couple more pics in a sec....these are the last pics that I needed to post from Christmas.
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