A Day in Town

There was no specific blog entry for yesterday because we didn’t do very much! I worked on the CLP website, Meld read her book, and we had several visitors, including Selina who (apart from befriending Black Jack) plaited the fringes of my kikoi and took some of Melds skirts away to reduce them in width.

Also, a local lady came to give me a massage, and I’m very glad not to have photos of that to share with the world, but I did emerge very relaxed (and all for under a fiver).

Today we went into town. First stop was Marikiti (a corruption of Market by the local Giriama speakers) where there are lots of clothes and fabric shops, We bought kikois, shirts, dresses and shoes.

Then down to the ferry at the south end of Mombasa Island, and a walk around Mama Ngina Drive.

Pilot boat returns, having dropped the pilot on an incoming ship.

There were many huge baobab trees at the south end.

Fresh casava crisps (casava is a root vegetable, widely eaten here – also the source of tapioca)

The ship (a car transporter we think) approaches the entrance to the harbour.

The coastline

A container ship leaves port.

Bird on a rail

Parts of the coastline are quite unspoilt, considering you are in town.

The golf course

Walking round the golf course

Smart houses

A lighthouse

Quite a location for the golf course

The coral is in evidence

Unusual road sign (Tuk Tuks are little 3-wheeled taxis)

A park by the council office

Into Old Town

Not a lighthouse, but a mosque

Good tag line “You ring, we bring”

Swahili doorway

Another mosque

Ornate balcony

Then home via the shops, including pyrethrum shampoo to try to rid the puppies of fleas. As the sun set, we bathed the little wrigglers.

So, after a shower, Meld modelled one of her purchaces, a dress for church tomorrow.

Then it was definitely G&T time!