East Africa

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to the Beach

From Nairobi we bussed down to Mombasa, sat on the beach, hired a Dhow to Pemba, sat on the beach, then ushered in the new century.

BeachTiwi Beach, Mombasa, with some carvings.

Carvings

Fort Jesus

Climbing the coral Fort Jesus

Dhow

Loading our dhow to Pemba

Trees

On our (almost) private beach, North coast of Pemba. Baobabs, palm trees, wading along the shore...

... and one really cool New-Year's party

Wading
First light 2000

on to Zanzibar

the island of carved doors and spices for a few days

Fish market bustle

Fish market

Archway

An arab archway and some doors (frame in the castle, cat at a mosque)

Cat

Castle Door

Spice

Spice touring

Sundowners at Africa House, before feasting for almost nothing at the waterfront

Sundowners

And then...

I left the others, going home at a variety of speeds, to go north to Ethiopia >>>.

Maybe one day I'll get around to writing a nice little story on all this.

by Michael Abbott (email)     www: July 2000     ©
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