"HOT AFRICAN SUN!!!!- PERFECT" a Kenya Travel Page by mickeyjane1

HI FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE FOR THERE BEING NO PHOTOGRAPHS, UNFORTUNATELY THE FILM I TOOK FOR SOME REASON DECIDED NOT TO TURN OUT...I NEED TO TAKE LESSONS IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
THIS IS SUCH A SHAME OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE KENYA IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE,

WE WENT TO A RESORT CALLED DIANI, IT IS SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MOMBASA, WHICH IS WHERE YOU FLY INTO.
THE RESORT IS REACHED BY THE LIKONI FERRY, THIS WAS AN EXPERIENCE..AND MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF KENYAN LIFE.
WE GOT ONTO THE FERRY AND WERE TOLD WE HAD TO GET OFF THE TRANSFER COACH, IT WAS HERE THAT LOTS OF LOCAL CHILDREN CAME UP TO US, WITH THERE HANDS OUTSTRETCHED, I FELT GUILTY AT FIRST BECAUSE I DIDNT THINK I HAD ANYTHING TO GIVE THEM, I HADNT YET HAD MY MONEY CHANGED INTO KENYAN CURRENCY, THAT WAS WHEN OUR REP ASKED IF WE HAD ANY PENS..THIS WAS WHEN I REMEMBERED SOMEONE ADVISED ME TO TAKE PENS FOR THE CHILDREN AND SO I HAD BROUGHT LOTS OF DIFFERENT COLOURED BIROS, AND THEY WERE IN MY BAG, SO I HANDED THEM OUT TO THE CHILDREN. IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE HOW MUCH DELIGHT THESE CHILDREN GOT WITH THEM, AND ALSO MADE ME FEEL VERY ASHAMED OF THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.
SO OFF THE LIKONI FERRY WE CONTINUED OUR JOURNEY TO OUR HOTEL THE DIANI SEA LODGE .
MY GLIMPSES OF DIANI ON THE WAY WAS OF A BEAUTIFUL WHITE SAND BEACH, LITTLE CRAFT SHOPS DOTTED ALONG THE WAY.
THE SUN WAS SO HOT, I KNEW STRAIGHT AWAY THIS WAS GOING TO BE PERFECT....

RELAXATION WAS THE KEY ...BASICALLY FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS UNTIL I WAS CLIMATISED, AND ALSO IN THE EARLY STAGES OF PREGNANCY THE DAYS CONSISTED OF DRAGGING MYSELF OUT OF BED, SHOWER, SHORTS , VEST TOP (TO FRIGHTEN THE LOCALS!!!) AND MAKE MY WAY DOWN TO BREAKFAST, THEN FIND A SUNBED, ROUND THE POOL BUT IN A POSITION WHICH YOU FELT COMFORTABLE TRYING TO IGNORE THE BEACH SELLERS , WITH THEIR SARONGS AND WHATEVER ELSE.
MOVING EVERY NOW AND THEN TO WATCH THE MONKEYS IN THE TREES ,ON THE TELEPHONE CABLES.....ONE OF THE BEST LAUGHS WITH THE MONKEYS WAS WHEN THEY TRIED TO PINCH PEOPLES FOOD AND THINGS..ONE OF THEM SUCCEEDED WITH A BOTTLE OF COCA COLA, FROM A GUY,THIS GUY MADE THE FATAL MISTAKE OF TRYING TO GET IT BACK OF HIM, ONLY TO BE CHASED ROUND THE POOL BY AN ANGRY MONKEY.
THE FIRST COUPLE OF EVENINGS WERE A BIT LOW KEY FOR ME ..AS THE HOTEL DIDNT HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF EVENING ENTERTAINMENT, BINGO WAS THE HIGHLIGHT!!
BUT ONTO ABOUT THE THIRD DAY MY HOLIDAY CHANGED INTO A HOLIDAY I WILL NEVER FORGET.
I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE ANIMATION STAFF..(ONLY TWO OF THEM) AND ONE NIGHT FOUR OF US WENT DOWN TO THE BEACH , WE SAT THERE CHATTING AND WATCHING THE BRIGHT MOON IN THE SKY.....IT WAS PARADISE..I WILL CONTINUE THIS IN MY ACTIVITIES AND TRAVELOGUES SECTIONS..