Beach days at Kilifi

I wanted to put up a few pictures to give those of you reading what the beach was like. The view was spectacular. I wish I could of taken more pictures. The truth is, I was sick nearly the entire stay at the beach. I woke up the first morning with a sinus issue. It was a little more than a sinus issue. The sheets at the hotel smelled like mildew. I stayed up all night. I just could not get the smell past my senses. I have asthma. One of the issues with my asthma is that I have a real issue with mold and mildew. It kills me. It closes up my lungs. This time thou, it destroyed me. I nearly felt like I just wanted to die. That second picture of my porch. You know, the one with the chairs and the little bed with pillows. That is where I spent all my time. I had almost become one with that bed. If it had a mosquito net, I would of slept there all night. It was far more comfortable and better smelling than my bed. Not many places in Africa use dryers. Typically you hang your clothes out to dry. Well, it was raining so much. So nothing really seemed to dry very well. My roomie, Jim, paid to have his laundry done. He got his clothes back wet. So, I am guessing the sheets were put back on the beds in the same manner.

The showers were interesting. Well, not if you really love salt water. If you love salt water, than move to the coast of Africa. You can take all your showers in the sodium chloride filled water. There is nothing like a little itch after a nice long, hot shower.

O boy! Do the showers come out of no where on the coast. I was sleeping on my favored bed on the porch. I woke up to what I thought was a tornado coming. I was thinking to myself, "what in the hell do I do." Sorry for the "hell" word, but that is what I thought at the time. I really thought there was a tornado coming. It sounded like a tornado, but looked more like a hurricane. I thought to myself. This is just like back home in Florida. You know, the year that all the hurricanes blew through. It was like a jet turbine engine was opened up. All the palm trees started to sway over, leaves were flying, and Aaron started crying. Maybe not crying, but panic was more like it. I trully did not know what was going on. Than all the sudden, a massive rain storm burst onto the scene. I have never seen anything like it. I had to check the undies to see if they needed a change. I knew I was in the clear, when the rain started. I was suppose to take a kayak out with a few others. I was feeling so bad, that I had to skip out. Come to find out, I did not miss much. Other than, paddling my heart out to get about 10 feet from shore. Oh, and getting soaking wet trying to make that 10 feet. Jim and Lee Ray had no luck in the kayak. From what Jim tells me. You were pushed backwards more every stroke you tried to make. So, turns out, I was doing alright on my porch.