Today is the last day of a 6 day holiday on the Kenya coast. Its been relaxing and refreshing- like being in Puerto Vallarta in a way. Its hot! Palm trees, beautiful ocean.
Yesterday we toured the old town. A 400 year old fort was great, Fort Jesus. Then we attended the Rotary Club of Bahari Mombasa and felt really welcomed. They have the highest attendance rate in 4 countries quite regularly. 31 members, 96% were present that day. Waterfront meeting room next to Fort Jesus. This club is happening and we want to partner with them. They have several ongoing matching grants and sponsor 40 kids through school from primary to university. They did a huge adotpt a village project and are looking to build and supply a high school- a group out of UK will finance the building, the land is free, got will pay teachers.
Then we did errands with Rtn Leah- that was neat, bombing arund with her and her driver. Then we went to a Rotary meeting at night where a new group is being chartered in Mtwapa . It was great to talk to non Rotarians about to form a new club. We sat around chatting under a starry sky on a boat moored in a river- very peaceful. All of them are do-gooders already, looking forward to getting Rotary back up to help their community on a larger scale.
Tomorrow we head back to Kakamega, arriving at our new apartment- our previous digs got rented out. We will hit the Kakamega Rotary Meeting tomorrow night and see if the new spring locations are selected. The fish ponds are ready for stocking.
Sorry no pictures. I gave my camera away (and GPS, memory stick, computer, phone) and Tanya's has a virus, so once back in Kakamega we'll clean her camera and I'll get mine back so stay tuned.
Hi ho hi ho, back to work we go.
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