These two photos are from Kisumu which sits at the northeastern edge of Lake Victoria.
Dowtown Nairobi above, the capital of Kenya. Also a city of extremes with high rise office buildings looking out over huge slums.
Mombasa, above was our next stop, squarely on the Indian ocean. One of the main attractions in the city is old town area where Fort Jesus is located. Fort Jesus, pictured above looks out over the harbor and was built largely of coral by the Portugues in 1593.
The final set of photos are from Lamu, also on the coast of Kenya closer to the Somalia border. Reaching Lamu by bus from Mombasa is a little bit difficult and tiresome, as we found out. From Mombasa you head north on two hours of paved road to Malindi. After reaching Malindi, the run of good roads comes to an end. Despite being only 100 miles south of Lamu, it takes another 5 hours on a terrible road to reach Lamu from Malindi. Upon reaching, you have to exit the bus and hop on a ferry to take you to the island.
We decided it wasn't worth putting ourselves through that again on the way back to Mombasa. So we booked a $50 flight, taking all of 25 minutes to reach Malindi, where we then boarded a bus. That 25 minute flight would have been a 5 hour bus ride. Check out the pic of the airport on Lamu island -- not much more than a grass thatched roof with some seats underneath. The last photo is a view of Lamu form a few thousand feet up.
