Kenya: Tiwi Beach near Mombasa.

 Apologies for the font colour/background on this. I'm trying to fix it, but just seem to dig a deeper hole each time.

Monday 16th March

Tiwi Beach, Mombasa, Kenya:  

This morning we drove into Mombasa, about 25 kms from our hotel. 

You have to take a ferry across to it and the whole process from arriving at the ferry took about 30 minutes until we were disembarking on the other side. The crossing itself takes just 5 minutes. 

Mombasa ferry

Mombasa itself was crazy, the traffic was gridlock and we eventually found a parking space on Digo Street. We went to an internet café and tried to connect the laptop to the internet. No joy, it would not work. It was exactly the same with the next two places we tried as well. I went three banks to try and get money out, all ATM machines were broken.

Downtown Mombasa

We decided to leave the city before rush hour started and got back on the ferry at 3.30. We headed for the shopping area at Diani Beach, near where we’re staying. I’m hoping be able to get money in the relative calm of this area and perhaps also update the blog. That’ll be it for the rest of the day for us, then we’ll just head back to the hotel & relax. 

We’ll be heading off again tomorrow for Malindi, about 120 kms north of here.

Good news, I'm in Diani Beach, I found an ATM that works and I'm connected to the Internet as well so now updated. Also, a lovely little café that has just delivered 2 pots of coffee and 4 delicious samoosas to the internet shop for us. This will keep us going until we reach for a Tusker, later!. 

Tomorrow, I’ll be celebrating St. Patrick's day in Malindi so I’ll be looking for a cold Guinness there. I think I’ll be able to get a can, somewhere. Thanks for all your guest book entries & wishes.