Kenya - the south coast

Thomas and me decided to spend a week after Belgium on the south coast of Kenya, close to Mombassa. We'd used our spared up miles through the Ethiopian frequent flyer programme to get there and swap the cold and busy Belgium with the hot and lazy beach time in Kenya.

And honestly, we hardly did anything. First stayed two nights in a Eco-camp, in Mida creek with many mangroves and other backpackers (read blog entry from British Dave and Dutch Marit here).

The Gede ruins we visited

Little dow trip in the creek

Flamingos (Thx Leslie ;-)

Then we moved to the more beach resort area of Watamu, for some quality beaches and sun bathing. Here we also went diving, a first for Thomas (did a scuba fun package, with basics on scuba diving) and a pleasant reminder for myself. Can't say we saw anything hugely spectacular, but it is always fun to go back to that other world, with its own rules and ways of communicating.

And lastly, we went to Little Italy, where locals address us with Ciao, and

there are more pizzas than mais porridge. Here we spent more time by the pool than anything else, and thought the plan was to go out and discover some Kenyan nightlife, we weren't very impressed and spend more time watching Damages S2 than anything else...

In short, not the most active or eye-opening trip we've had, but a perfect counterbalance between busy bussing Belgium and work waiting for us in Zim.