Mombassa

Recording site of the movie Inception.

Home of the Forty Thieves.

Famous for its ice-cream and diving.

This is where i spent my first real holiday in Kenya.

Traveling methods;

Down: 15 hours by night train; very comfortable. While sleeping you felt like you were in a rocking bed.

Up: 14 hours by buss; not to recommend. My but has never been so numb as after those 14 hours.

The South Side beats the North side, sea wise at least. This is where all the diving was to be held. Im telling you, it becomes an addiction. Once you're down, 18 meters below, you simply don't want to come up!

Though the beaches are full of beach boys, the sun and the heat of the water make up for that fact. In some places, especially in the north side, the water is so warm that you barely get cooled of! It is literally warmer in the water than in the air though it is over 30 degrees!

Remember children, sharing is caring

Coconuts: a delicious treat. Also a perfect snack after diving.

Though the taste of the milk in most of them can be discussed, the "meat" is most appealing. At one time, we had a lad come and climb up a palm tree, using just a piece of string around his feet, cutting down coconuts as well as opening them for us, which, just for the record, is not as easy as it looks.

Scuba Diving: A dream come true! There really is nothing to compare it to. Going down and feeling that you are weightless under water while at the same time you feel the air rushing through your lungs; it is a new kind of heaven.

You can now sit at the bottom of the sea while the fishes, turtles and all other creatures swim around you.