from Nairobi to Watamu

Ai, as Mount Kenya was really a challenge (for me, Karin was fine), we needed to relax our bodies on the beach, so we headed to Watamu.

Watamu is a small village on the east coast of Kenya. North from Mombasa and that means far away from Nairobi.

So on Monday March 16th, (I am on the road since 1 month) we took the bus from Nairobi to Mombasa. It took us 8 hours and cost KES 1'200.00. The bus trip was pretty ok as we took the bigger one to be more comfortable. Also the bus was not full so each of us got 2 seats (except, Karin you know).

The bus would only make 2 stops. One after 4 hours to have lunch and then another one, 1 hour after lunch in Voi. On Mount Kenya I did drink a lot and for some reasons I would have to ease myself every 2 hours. But I managed and controlled myself for almost 2 hours until we finally made the long awaited lunch break.

Wow, the climate in Mombasa is very different from the one in Nairobi. It's very humid and really, it's not a nice feeling, but at least we weren't cold anymore.

Martin, the Manager from the place we would stay (Beach Villas) told us that we would have to take a Matatu from Mombasa to Gedi and from there to Watamu. It was almost that simple and we arrived well in Watamu.

What a surprise. As we get out of the Matatu everybody speaks in German to us. We then learn that this corner has mostly Italian, German and Wwiss tourists. Oh my god!!!!

It's a cute little village but we didn't really go sightseeing because it was just tooooo hot. Plus Karin really had to relax, as she will have to go back to work on Monday.

Kenya: Watamu 16. - 19.03.2009