Tuesday – The Mombasa city tour

Torrential rains drenched the Mombasa coast as we prepared for our local city tour. Armed with several umbrellas, sandals (to let the water flow over our feet) and a few cameras we ventured into the city. The long tortuous drive coursed through wild traffic, potholes, flooded streets and deep mud. We toured the country’s largest wood carving center where 3000 workers toil in crude shelters to create remarkable carvings of wood and stone. We lingered in the showroom but despite all the incredible carvings we purchased only a little jewellery.



Fort Jesus was built by the Portuguese in the 1400s and was a part of much of the early history of settlement in Africa. A tour of the old city of Mombasa illustrated some of the earliest administration in East Africa – some 6-800 years old. Swimming in the rain completed the afternoon and we even managed a call home to the farm – albeit for an exorbitant charge.