Sea Turtles

On friday I did laundry. I got lots of laughs there. Me and Becky apparently do not wash our clothes up to the standards of the women in the village. They all came to laugh. It was pretty funny though I'll admit. They do this weird scrub thing with their wrists that I do not have the muscle power for. We were all done and they were hanging dry and then more women walked by saying that they were not clean. Meh, they don't smell anymore.

Later, a few other volunteers came from Nairobi to visit for the weekend. We drank at 40 theives (as usual) and at like 2 am we went for a swim. We left our clothes and all our bags about 3 feet from the water. The tide came in, and everything was SOAKED. Both mine and Becca's cameras are ruined. We're past the mourning stage, its a laughing matter now. So then we decided to walk to the chalet that the other volunteers were staying at for the weekend, hahaha it was farther than we thought. We walked down the beach and the moonlight was soo bright and the water was so beautiful. BUT! there are these little gross sand crab things that run around, and they sneak up on you. We got to there chalet, and then security knocked on the door and said that we (becky and I) aren't registered guests, and that we had to leave. So we took a cab home at like 330 or so. And that was my friday!

Saturday, we went to see Fort Jesus. It is AMAZING! It was built in 1592 by the Portuguese. The view from the top is unbelievable. We also took a tuk tuk (cute little car like a golf cart but with 3 wheels, and they are taxis) around Old Mombasa. The coast has a very Islamic feel. There are mosques everywhere, and at around 8 every night you can hear the call to prayer. Its really cool, I wish I was allowed in lol.

And today we went snorkelling and to see the slave caves. Snorkelling was AMAZING! We took a boat to the reef and dived off. It was raining though, so it was a pretty cold boat ride. The lady next to me was sea sick, so I gave her some gum, and she was good to go. My goggles didn't fit right and I almost drowned trying to fix them, but then I got new ones and it was much better. We saw sea turtles, a sting ray, eels, and most of the fish from finding nemo. I will probably go back with Linn when it is sunny. Then we got back on the boat and went to an island, Wasini Island. It has no cars or bikes, and its really remote. We had lunch there (coconut rice, and everyone had crab but they made me chicken cause theyre super nice). Then we went to see the slave caves. OH MY GOD I AM TERRIFIED OF BATS. They fly at me and I get nauseas. Anyway, the slave caves are were the Arabs kept the slaves until they were shipping ot Zanzibar. There is still chains on the wall from where they chained up the ones who tried to escape. The slaves were kept there for 3 weeks. It was very creepy with the chains on the wall, and the scary gross bats.

Hopefully I will start at the hospital tomorrow. Tomorrow doesn't always mean tomorrow in Kenya time.