Day 29 (Sat, 5 Aug) - Mombasa
Had a very strange wake up call this morning!
Jo answered the ringing phone to be told by an irate receptionist that our cab driver was waiting for us and that we were late. Jo tried to explain that we were leaving the next day to no avail.
Sarb decided he would go to reception to sort it out. As soon as he got there the receptionist immediatly apologised and said that we were in fact going tommorrow. In an effort to reclaim sort aspect of authority she then told him that we MUST be ready for 8am the following morning. We get it! If you have a taxi booked for 8am you must have a trial run the day before to make sure that you will actually make the cab. Brilliant idea!
We headed to the quiet pool which he have renamed Jo and Sarb's pool. Spent the day swimming around, reading and being lazy.
For lunch we headed off to the beach bar for a fab burger and samosas. Tried to work off lunch by walking along the length of the beach. Busy today on account of the weekend no doubt.
Got back to the room and packed our gear in preparation for the next day's early start.
Sarb loved dinner. They had Keema Matter (mince with peas), Aloo Gobi and chupattis. Lovely!
Went to the beach bar for a few drinks. It is a nice bar spoilt somewhat by the loud music blaring from speakers the size of wardrobes. We watched the numerous crabs wandering over the beach (all wearing ear protectors). However luck was on our side. The power cut out so we sat watching and listening to the ocean in the darkness. The beach almost glowed with a silvery light as the moon was high in the sky.
Jo answered the ringing phone to be told by an irate receptionist that our cab driver was waiting for us and that we were late. Jo tried to explain that we were leaving the next day to no avail.
Sarb decided he would go to reception to sort it out. As soon as he got there the receptionist immediatly apologised and said that we were in fact going tommorrow. In an effort to reclaim sort aspect of authority she then told him that we MUST be ready for 8am the following morning. We get it! If you have a taxi booked for 8am you must have a trial run the day before to make sure that you will actually make the cab. Brilliant idea!
We headed to the quiet pool which he have renamed Jo and Sarb's pool. Spent the day swimming around, reading and being lazy.
For lunch we headed off to the beach bar for a fab burger and samosas. Tried to work off lunch by walking along the length of the beach. Busy today on account of the weekend no doubt.
Got back to the room and packed our gear in preparation for the next day's early start.
Sarb loved dinner. They had Keema Matter (mince with peas), Aloo Gobi and chupattis. Lovely!
Went to the beach bar for a few drinks. It is a nice bar spoilt somewhat by the loud music blaring from speakers the size of wardrobes. We watched the numerous crabs wandering over the beach (all wearing ear protectors). However luck was on our side. The power cut out so we sat watching and listening to the ocean in the darkness. The beach almost glowed with a silvery light as the moon was high in the sky.
posted by Jo and Sarb at
8/05/2006 08:02:00 am
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