Pictures from our holiday by the sea

At last, some photos from our week-long break at the sea. Thanks to Rachel Cooper for uploading them for me from England: it's a major effort from here!

We drove down to Watamu (near Malindi!), and most of the road was great, some horribly pot-holed, but to avoid Mombasa we drove on unpaved road through the 'real Africa', to your left. It only took 12 hours door to door (2 long stops and a puncture).

And then we went swimming in the lovely pool. I didn't keep my hat on the whole time!




































We also did some other stuff like trying scuba diving in the pool (cool), windsurfing (not Maik's gift, especially after being stung by a jelly fish...), and snorkelling in a coral reef (Carys and Benjie came along as well, though for Benjie just getting in the sea, wearing a life jacket, was an act of major bravery. I have to say, I need to do that again! We also went a couple of places...

To a mangrove swamp with a very long and wobbly rope bridge.
















... and to visit to set of the Jungle Book... well actually the abandoned Arab/Swahili city of Gede, which has been becoming part of the forest for the last 250 years. Some of you might recognise Simeon and Emma.