May 21, First moves in Kenya, and off to the coast…
Now on the ground, under African sky… Paul Simon tunes from 20 years ago drift in my mind…I didn’t have enough cash to get my visa at customs, so while they held my passport, immigration let me walk into the country, through customs to the ATM (man I hope this works), and back.
Later that night, Gracias guest house, Nairobi. Amazing that I got to THIS place… I was greeted by “David the Taxi Man” at the airport, and off we went… again I am pleased with the welcoming spirit of everyone I meet. I had a nice rest, and I was back to the airport to fly down to the coast near Malindi. Greetings and warm welcomes at the tiny Malindi airport, and we drive south to A Rocha Kenya, a conservation guest house 100 meters from the Indian Ocean at Watamu National Marine Park. These were two of my first sights there…
And just when I was hoping to get underwater to see the reef, one of the resident monkey researchers asked if I wanted to go snorkeling…
Nice arrival, and a good Sunday evening was had getting the basics of kswahili figured-out.