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Chris and Charly's African Adventure

a travel blog by chrischarly

This is our blog to keep all friends and family updated on our excellent adventure We hope to keep it short and not boring; updating when and where possible.
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Losing my camera, and getting into 1st fight!

Mombasa, Kenya


The Busy Bus
It was hard work getting up at 4:15 to get ready to catch the bus to Mombasa for 5:30am, it was only an hour late, which was pretty irritating and only arrived when I decided to go to the loo, without realizing that I had to pay for it! Thus a group of guys grabbed me and tried to drag me into their office. I was petrified and fuming. Eventually they let me go after I lashed out at them and kicked them as I didn’t have any money on me in order to bribe them to leave me alone. My god I hate Arusha! Everyone just seems violent and aggressive so I was delighted when I finally managed to get away and jump on the bus.


Me and the 2nd Baby

During the 10 hour bus journey 2 ladies decided that they had enough of carrying their children so decided to put them on my lap for a while, strange but true. They were SO cute!


Me and a African baby

The bus this time wasn’t business-class but pretty rustic and battered but a lot quicker than previous buses which we were grateful for stopping at virtually every bus-stop on the way.


Us out for dinner

When we arrived we managed to find somewhere to stay pretty quickly but I left my camera in the taxi, so that was frustrating, but it restored my faith in humanity when it was returned on Wednesday morning!

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 13, 2010 from Mombasa, Kenya
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Erin's (almost) birthday

Mombasa, Kenya


Me, Erin, Mark, Hans and Marjol
Today as it was our last day with Erin and Mark we decided to celebrate Erin's birthday a day early.


Chris' culinary delight!!
Chris cooked some delicious food in our shared cottage and we had a great day swimming in the sea and literally baking in the heat

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 14, 2010 from Mombasa, Kenya
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A huge spider!

Mombasa, Kenya


A Huge Spider
Today we woke up early to wave off Erin and Mark at 5:30am, we're gutted to see them go! When we got back to our cottage to jump straight back into bed we saw a huge spider that scared the life out of us sitting on a chair... Anyone know what kind it is???

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 15, 2010 from Mombasa, Kenya
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Exploring Diani Beach

Mombasa, Kenya


Our new palace!
Today we went walking around Diani Beach enjoying the gorgous beaches and sunshine, it was so hot but lovely and we made a couple of local friends who invited us to stay with them for just 20 pound per night! Fantastic! We have a private pool and the House is virtually ours as they're constantly working as from tomorrow! Yet again we've landed on our feet!

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 16, 2010 from Mombasa, Kenya
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Moving house...

Mombasa, Kenya


Chris swimming
Today we moved our things into our new luxury palace! We swam in their pool for the majority of the day before taking their two jack russels on a walk in the evening.


Rafi and Kiki
Their dogs had never been on a walk before and they were shaking so much they were petrified, so we had to carry them to the beach! Eventually they got used to it, and loved it; they're our new best-friends!

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 17, 2010 from Mombasa, Kenya
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3-1 to Spurs

Ukunda, Kenya


Lizard eating a Cricket
Today we went on the search to find somewhere for Chris to watch the Spurs game he desperately wanted to see and luckily 40's was showing it, a local beach bar so we walked down there with the dogs and Chris bribed me with a milkshake to keep me quiet during the game.

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 18, 2010 from Ukunda, Kenya
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Eating in

Ukunda, Kenya


Out walking the dogs
Today I went for a walk along the beach whilst Chris was cooking dinner for Dave and Mo as they finished work early on a Sunday, and although it was a lovely walk, one guy tried to steal one of the dogs off me whilst another one declared his love for me.

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 19, 2010 from Ukunda, Kenya
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Chillaxing

Ukunda, Kenya


Kiki and Rafi

Chris and Kiki
Today was another relaxing day enjoying the gorgeous Kenya sun and beaches, pretty uneventful but relaxing.

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 20, 2010 from Ukunda, Kenya
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Too much sunshine...

Ukunda, Kenya


Camels on the beach
Today we stupidly decided to take a long walk in the midday sun and unsurprisingly I got a severe head-ache and felt pretty sick :( so the rest of the day resulted in chilling out in the pool to cool down and an early night.

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 22, 2010 from Ukunda, Kenya
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African Pot

Ukunda, Kenya


A monkey
Today was again a gorgeous day. Howver, I think bad weather is pretty non-existant in Kenya anyway. We went for a tasty curry at a local place called African Pot and although the staff didn't speak a word of English it was a lovely evening, the staff evening washing our hands before and after we'd eaten.

permalink written by  chrischarly on September 23, 2010 from Ukunda, Kenya
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