Our guide met us at the hotel just after 8:45. Then we were walked through the crazy maze of alleys to the car which was short distance away. It was amusing watching I don’t know how many cars, maneuver out of this extremely difficult spot.

We motored out on a traditional dhow, to Kwale Island, an uninhabited island. It is one of the many that dot these gorgeous turquoise seas.

We snorkelled around this island for a couple of hours (I was unable to take any photos of the undersea life…..the water was murky) plus stopped at a sand bar for a while. While there I noticed a very small starfish floating in the water. When I turned it over I noticed that its tiny “tentacles” we moving so I threw it back. Originally I thought I would take it because it was unusual. Our guide later found a couple more very unusual ones.

The guides took the boat to a lagoon that could not be entered until the tide had reached a certain level. As we sat in the lagoon, the waters just poured in. It was very cool with all the rocky foundation of islets. On one rock someone had put a giant clam……a little too far to see it clearly. Apparently the lagoon is surrounded by mangroves but I could not see them.

From there we went to another small island to have lunch. After lunch we were taken to see the apparently oldest Baobab tree in the world. It is 500 years old but 72 years ago it fell but has since continued to grow. What we saw initially, which was huge, were its roots. The tree has since grown at right angles to the trunk.

On the return journey, the guys put up the sail. What a nice way to end the day out on the ocean. Because it was very choppy when we returned (perfect for sailing, we had to come ashore at a different spot. It was interesting trying to get out of this dhow to a smaller motor launch to the rocky (like lava rock) shore.

We returned to the hotel somewhere around 5 and just relaxed after getting cleaned up. Tomorrow we fly to our next stop….the first of our real adventures. The last 4 days were to recover from the flights getting here, in an amazing place on the ocean.

In yesterdays post I mistakenly said the Sunset Bar was at Indian House. It was at the African House