Day 11...Discovering Mombasa

No rest for the weary! At least not today, so much to see and do in Mombasa.

The day started off slow with breakfast at the hotel, changed rooms to a sea view room, and a bit of reading by the sea. Ahhhhh, bliss!

The beach :) They actually rake up the seaweed, nice touch

 

Can you see the gecko?

Baba picked us up at 11am and took us into town. On the way, we stopped at "Aunty Jean's" salon....Jean was married to my cousin Kevin. Aha, I am related to these people. :) In fact, the whole trip I was referred to as "Kevin's cousin"....even though Kevin and I have never met. But people seem to recognize the Gunputrav family resemblance right away...must be the nose! ;)

Jean, myself, and Zena

Then we met up with another relative, Aunty Fifi, for some local market shopping. I'm so glad we were with a local, I've never been good at bartering, especially when the prices already seem so reasonable with the exchange. On the other hand, I want to pay a fare price too. Fifi hooked us up! :)

Zena, Fifi, and me

One of the market streets....possibly Chicken Mango St...I'm not joking!

 

A beautiful dress I got for 1500 Ksh...about $15

 

 After shopping we jumped into a couple of tuk tuks and headed to a café for some falooda  (and samosas for me)! I never thought I'd say any of those words in a sentence together, lol.

Tuk tuk driver...nice shirt! :)

 

Love this café sign!

Fifi, Ligia, Jimmy, and Zena waiting for falooda

Ligia very much enjoying her falooda

 

Back to Baba's to meet more rellies and chat. It was a great but exhausting day, especially just dealing with all the noise and traffic and congestion in Mombasa - I fell asleep in the chair where I was sitting! Good to see I have not lost the ability to nap anywhere :-p

After a quick shower at the hotel we went out for dinner at Il Covo...a lovely restaurant that just so happened to be next door to our hotel. We walked on the beach since the tide was out. So happy Zena came back with us so we all could spend more time together.

 The BIGGEST prawns I have ever seen 

 



 

Me, Ligia, Zena, and Jimmy at il covo

Fire dancers performing back at the hotel - nice surprise!

And finally bedtime! What an amazing day full of new sights, sounds, food, experiences, and people. I was not kidding when I told Seraphina that "Aunty Tash was going on an adventure"!