Kenya: Day 13: Malindi
After the Mount Kenya hike and Safaris in Maasai Mara and Lake Nakuru we survived another adventure, a night bus ride to Malindi. We arrived there early in the morning. We decided to spend the night in this coastal town, but first we settled in a cheap hotel, where a tuk-tuk diver took us. After the shower we took a quick nap and then we went out, to explore the city and the beach.
City was small so we headed towards the coast and the Pillar of Vasco da Gama, where the Portuguese explorer met the Malindi authorities in 1498 to sign a trade agreement and hire a guide for the voyage to India. Since they wanted an entrance fee we just continued, but not alone. A local guy, Captian Jack, was our escort. We followed him to the coral reef, where he found many interesting animals like crabs, starfishes, sea cucumbers, sponges, fishes, shells. The day was very hot, but that didn't bother us too much.
When we started returning to the city, our escort doubled. Together we visited the shop, where we bought T-shirts for my nephews and later we also booked the bus tickets for our tomorrow's trip to Lamu. Since we were hungry, we paid off our escort and off course, they weren't satisfied. We continued to the restaurant. After dinner Nada immediately forgot the bag with T-shirts in the restaurant, but luckily we got it back, when we returned in 5 minutes.
City was small so we headed towards the coast and the Pillar of Vasco da Gama, where the Portuguese explorer met the Malindi authorities in 1498 to sign a trade agreement and hire a guide for the voyage to India. Since they wanted an entrance fee we just continued, but not alone. A local guy, Captian Jack, was our escort. We followed him to the coral reef, where he found many interesting animals like crabs, starfishes, sea cucumbers, sponges, fishes, shells. The day was very hot, but that didn't bother us too much.
When we started returning to the city, our escort doubled. Together we visited the shop, where we bought T-shirts for my nephews and later we also booked the bus tickets for our tomorrow's trip to Lamu. Since we were hungry, we paid off our escort and off course, they weren't satisfied. We continued to the restaurant. After dinner Nada immediately forgot the bag with T-shirts in the restaurant, but luckily we got it back, when we returned in 5 minutes.
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| Our first ride with tuk tuk |
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| Malindi |
Boats on the shore waiting for tourists. They all said, that this year the season is bad.
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| Low tide was good for us, so we could visit the coral reef. |
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| Water life on the coral reef |
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| Official photographer of Kenya trip |
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| Captain Jack |
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| Sponges at Malindi Reef during low tide |
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| Fisherman |
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| Back to the mainland |
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| The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. |
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| Nice hot day in Malindi |
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| Time for NadaSelfie® |
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| No tourists at the time we were here |
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| Night drive to Malindi |
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