Mombasa!! Emily (my roommate
and fellow intern) and I went to Mombasa this weekend. Mombasa is a coastal
city, a vacation spot, and also a tourist place. The first night we got in late
and headed to a hotel. It was a really nice place we let ourselves splurge a
bit to get. I had my first shower with running water in a month, we had Wi-Fi,
there was a pool, it was on the beach, the food was fantastic… We went to the
restaurant attached to the hotel and had dinner. We stayed there until late, and
then decided to go swimming at 1:30am. People thought we were crazy (it’s
winter here) but it was a warm night and we had fun. Made it to bed by 4am.
Sunday we went to church at
Trinity Chapel, a church plant of Nairobi Chapel. Emily knows people from there,
other interns that used to work at Nairobi Chapel. We met up with some of them
and went to the beach. I’ve now been in 3/5 oceans of the world and Emily and I
ran into the Indian Ocean. We also pet a camel, wandered the beach for a while,
and then headed to town. We wandered around town for a while, did some
tourist-y things. Then we went back to a friend’s place, watched a movie, and
had dinner. It was an incredible way to spend my 21st birthday.
The next day we started off
our day in the sunshine, tanning. I got a bit of color, but it rained most of
the rest of the day. We went to Fort Jesus, and old British Fort built a long
time ago. We had a tour guide take us around Old Town. He showed us the old
slave tunnel, the ports, told us the history of the area, and then took us to
some cool shops. Emily and I both got a pair of Masai sandals and some other
trinkets. Because of the rain, we skipped the ferry and went to the market,
stopping for coconut along the way. Picked up some snacks for the journey home
(peanut butter Oreos!) and headed back.
All in all, the weekend was
absolutely incredible. I took about a million pictures (check Facebook for some
of them) and had a bunch of new experiences. I had so much fun and am so glad
that I got to go.
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