Kenya: Mombasa 20. - 23.03.2009

Alone again!!! Sniff!!!!

Mombasa, what can I say. I thought I would at least meet a few travelers, but I was wrong. I checked in to a hotel from the Lonely Planet, but it's low season and as already mentioned, the others probably travel the other way around.

But I am in Mombasa and I should look around a little. On my first day I wanted to do what is written in my travel guide, a city tour by foot, but I got "lost" and walked around in the docks for about 1.5 hrs, until I took a Matatu to get out of there. I just walked around in the city, went to see the Tusks and got some local food from the streets. I am really surprised that until now I haven't been sick yet.

I went to see the Old Town where a very nice person allowed me to get on his veranda to see where Fort Jesus was. He is a coach of the Kenyan Triathlon Team, had traveled a lot and was very educated. Not that the other Kenyans wouldn't be, but well, I am sure you understand. I didn't enter Fort Jesus, just had a look around it. I am not so into museums and as I am not really interested it would have just been a waste of money. The afternoon I spent at the internet, trying to get my pictures onto picasa and on my flash. But it was also to keep myself busy and not to think about how lonely I am. My trip in 2006 was so different. There were travelers just everywhere and you actually never were alone. I questioned the meaning of traveling alone. Wouldn't it be nicer to be able to share all these experiences with someone to whom you are close? I mean it's not like if I would go to France or Germany, this is a complete other world and there is so much to discover. (Thanks to Stefan and Lorenz for cheering me up).

As it seemed that there was not really a lot to do in Mombasa I got myself a bus ticket from Tahmeed to go to Moshi on Monday morning 7am. Moshi is a city or village from where you would start your Mount Kilimanjaro Trek. After that I got a City Tour with a Tuk Tuk, as it was just too humid to walk around. The driver explained a lot and was really very nice. His name was "Dick", really, I am not kidding.

Well who knows, perhaps I will be back one day.

Kenya: Mombasa 20. - 23.03.2009