The trip back to Pembroke

Our final day in Kilifi was very relaxed, with us quickly heading into Kilifi for lunch, and then going to the beach. This particular beach is a private beach heading out to sea. Tristan is good family friend with the family who live there, and they kindly let us spend the afternoon there. However, this is no ordinary beach. The only way onto this beach is through a man made tunnel from the house, down to the beach. Fortunately, they had some bodyboards, and the waves picked up, so we went for a bit of a surf which was great. The only danger with this beach is that there are no other beaches for miles around, so if you get caught by the tide and swept along the shoreline, you can get into a bit of trouble, as i found out!
The final evening consisted of a quick creek swim with james, before we rushed off to backpackers to watch some of the england game. To get there, we got a piki (motorbike), and rushed off. I was told the previous night that the rugby would be on, but typically, it wasn't! so we hopped back on the piki to go back home, via getting some choma!
The next morning was an early one, having to wake up at 3:30 to catch our flight back to nairobi from mombasa. The contrast between the train and plane couldn't be more stark. The flight took us 45 mins, and because I had pre booked my seat, I had extra legroom, with no seat in front of me! Safe to say, it was a pleasant journey. As soon as we arrived, we got a taxi from the airport to Junction, which is one of the largest malls in Nairobi, and is situated near Karen, which is the nicer part of Nairobi. Here, there was a Subway, which was a huge treat, and the largest Nakumat (supermarket) I had ever seen.
We had planned to get the school bus back to Pembroke from Karen in Nairobi, so we left about 30 mins to get there. However, we hadn't predicted the Nairobi traffic, and because we took a mutatu, and not a piki, it took us far longer than expected. We had also been told that they wouldn't wait for us, as the children needed to be back for evening chapel. So not only did we not know the exact location of the bus, but also we were stuck in a jam. Fortunately, we caught the school bus coming out of the drive having already left.
It's a lot quieter at Pembroke with George having left, however, it's nice to be back in a strange way. My bed has never felt more comfortable having slept of the floor all week with a broken mosi net!

Big game against Turi today at home.

See y'all later peeps

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