Day 27 (Thu, 3 Aug) - Mombasa Old Town

After breakfast we got a cab to the famous elephant tusks on Moi Avenue.

We walked up to Fort Jesus hassled by a gaggle of hawkers. At Fort Jesus we got a guide to take us round the fort.

A very interesting fort, steeped in history. Sarb was particularly taken with it on account of the book he had just read.

Our guide then took us on a walk through the Old Town. The Old Town is a patchwork of small alleys connecting ramshackle buildings, all with a distinctly Arabian flavour.

Very, very hot by lunchtime so we settled into a local eatery and had a tasty chicken curry. After lunch our guide took us back to Fort Jesus, where we sat on a wall overlooking the harbour entrance.

Found an internet cafe where we caught up on our mail.

Headed back towards the elephant tusks where we stopped off at a bar and had a few too many Redds! We also managed to find a wine shop so bought a 2 litre box of red!!
Despite all that we had heard Mombasa seemed quite a lively, safe place to walk around in. However we must admit we did not venture too far off the tourist path!!

Got a cab and headed off through the busy roads towards Nyali. As we approached the hotel we all heard a clunk from the car. The driver stopped, got out and went round to the back of the car. We got out to see what was happening to find that the exhaust had fallen off. The driver decided the best thing to do was to sling the exhaust in the trunk and worry about it later. We just paid the guy and walked the remaining distance to the hotel.

Got back to our room where we got stuck into the vino.

Had dinner and afterwards were entertained by possibly the best act yet. It consisted of a guy dressed like a scarecrow whose sole act was miming to some music. He even had a bit of rolled up newspaper to help him with the brass bits. It was so bad he left the audience stunned!

Had a few drinks in the beach front bar and turned in.