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A Step Back in Time

In today's materialistic and technologically driven world it is difficult to imagine a society where life is not concerned with such frivolous matters, and is a throw back to a time all but lost. But nowhere in the world have I found such an uncomplicated, yet culturally rich place as Lamu -...

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MarcusInAfrica on November 5, 2009 from Lamu, Kenya

from the travel blog: Cape to Cardiff

Lamu

Lamu is a small Muslim Island that has no cars and a couple of small towns. We stayed in the town on the northern tip of Shilla. We stayed here for about five days. I could have stayed much longer. We stayed the first night at a place in which an artist lived. Only painted donkeys and then...

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crAsh13 on August 20, 2007 from Lamu, Kenya

from the travel blog: East Africa in 2007

Arrival and Lamu

I arrived in Kenya on a Thursday. With a whirl wind weekend, plans were made to head to the coast. By Tuesday, Marcus, Kuzi and I are packed into Marcus' ex-Army landrover and headed towards the coast. It was my first experience with the "excellent" Kenyan roads. In the back of the landy, I...

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crAsh13 on August 14, 2007 from Lamu, Kenya

from the travel blog: East Africa in 2007

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