Diani

The stilt hostel is well in the second row of Diani beach hidden behind high trees. The stilt houses are very cute but a bit out of my league so I camped in my tent close to the main road, but still in the forest. The cool thing is that the trees are almost constantly frequented by monkeys. They were also checking out my tent while I was sleeping in it and throwing sticks on it. The main building is a bit elevated and lets you enjoy the breeze. Each evening the "bush babies" that look like lemurs showed up to eat two bananas out of the guests hands.

I met some cool people here, above all Lena from Austria. Sadly she left after two days to go to Lamu. I chilled most of the time in the fantastic "40 thieves" bar at the beach. Then there were Henry and Tom who are 2 years before becoming doctors in England and did an internship in a Rwandan Hospital. They were good fun and we went on the piss together. People were showing up during the whole week and most of them made sense. One English girl didn't. She was visiting her boyfriend at the Kenyan coast after been separated for 2 months. He gave her the shoe after she arrived. But she couldn't quit her love to him and was hopeful since they were sharing the same hotel room. But one night he left with 3 prostitutes without saying goodbye. She just did what English can do best - she drank. This ritual repeated it self during my whole stay, until she finally gave in to her emotions and cried. The last thing I heard is that she flew home.

Lena showed up again 5 days later after visiting Lamu. We met up and spent one more day in Diani and then left to the remote region at the Tanzanian border to the Island of Wasini.