Kenya / Mombasa

Pulled up at the finish point hotel which I had already decided was too expensive for me, so dropped everyone there and I jumped back in the truck to head to Indaba camp. A few minutes later Trev and Suzie came running along wanting to join us which was great news! Indaba was nice, homely and we appreciated the chill out and no alarm clocks going off at 4/5am. That evening we had a last group dinner, lovely restaurant, said a sad goodbye to some people.

Monday 30th, we were ready for Mombasa, myself, Gp and now Jaco another trip leader I had just met set off to the coast on the overnight train. 15 hours to Mombasa and was great fun. We settled into our cabin and headed down the carriage for dinner, we got seated with a guy travelling alone and that's when the poker began. There was a guy watching us play and he wanted to show us some tricks, turns out he was a professional magician, the card trick still baffles me!
We did some sight seeing of Mombasa, visited Fort Jesus which was very interesting with the enthusiasm of our guide. That night we headed out onto the streets of Mombasa, crazy place, no other tourists to be seen. Ended up in a bar playing pool, soon realised it was more of an adult entertainment place and started to get some attention! We continued to play pool until the early hours regardless and ended the night with our first African tuk-tuk ride home.
The next day we got a local bus up the coast to Malindi in the hope of beautiful beaches and scuba diving, unfortunately it was low season so scuba wasn't possible. After walking around the town we came across Scorpio Villas which we had previously heard about so decided to check it out. It was amazing, 3 pools, lots of lounging areas, huge rooms and the biggest beds ever! I could of stayed all week but unfortunately we only had the one night there. Took a boat out the next day snorkeling and saw loads of fish.
The journey back to Nairobi had to be taken by bus as there were no trains that day, over night on the bus isn't so fun, we got into Nairobi at 5.30am tired and sleepy and headed back to Indaba for some proper sleep!

Spent the next week or so lounging around at Indaba taking in the last few months. Discovered a local riding school so Gp and I went for a hack, my horse kept trying to buck so I was trying to keep a controlled canter which isn't easy when people are trying to race! But it was all good fun!
With lots of people coming and going there's usually some drinking going on at the bar, my last night ended with many shots, I think the tequila was my idea though!