Following backpackers for 2 nights, I headed off to the Francis jones' house in Lavington to stay with them for 2 nights in their amazing house and their three awesome girls - Tessa, Annabel, and Lucy. We had a great time, playing 40 40, swimming in their pool and relaxing. They're such a nice and welcoming family. Was so nice to be sleeping in a bed without bed bugs as well!
I then flew out to Mombasa from Nairobi on the 15th. Having got there 3 hours early, it turned out that my jambo jet flight was 3 hours delayed...perfect! This meant that my original plan to get a matatu to Watamu that night was off the cards, as I arrived at 9:30pm. I therefore had to find somewhere to stay. I knew there was a backpackers in Mombasa, as Tristan and James had stayed there a couple of weeks ago, so I headed there in a taxi, with very low expectations! I arrived to sign myself into the backpackers, to notice I couldn't find my passport anywhere. Interesting..... I then remembered I put it on the dashboard of the taxi, and had left it there! Perfect! Fortunately I asked the taxi driver for his number beforehand. However, he wasn't picking up! It took an hour of trying for him to finally pick up! This felt at least 5 hours! But I eventually retrieved it from him. Safe t say that it wasn't my finest moment of the trip...welcome to Mombasa! So I spent the night there, and left in a tuk tuk early that morning to go to the Matatu station in Mombasa. So it got a bus to gede for 250 bob (2 pounds). This bus took me 3 hours, with it stopping every ten minutes for people on the side of the road. I also sat next to a chicken for the majority of the 3 hours, which was....interesting. There was also a fight which broke out between a passenger who didn't have enough money, and the conductor. I stayed very quiet in the corner! When we got to Gede, I then got a piki to the Engels house in Watamu.
It is such a beautiful house, on the beach, with a pool. We are 50m from the beach, which you can see past the palm trees in the garden, from my own balcony. Yes, that's right I have my own balcony! Its amazing. The whole family went to Mombasa for the day yesterday, so I had the house all to myself, and wandered up and down the beach all day. I then met Clare Moller, who I am staying with after the Engels. She subsequently invited me to this party! On the way to the party, we had some drinks with the davies, who are also Pembroke parents, and the father, Damien, is in charge of turtle bay, one of the big hotels on the beach. Safe to say that they have an incredible house as well! Overall, it was an OK night..hahahahahaha.
Fortunately, the Engels are coming back today, and it sounds like we might be doing some waterskiing! Yey!
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