{"id":2345,"date":"2022-06-10T15:12:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:19:01","slug":"bye-to-lamu-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/bye-to-lamu-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye to Lamu Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, what a place, It appears it’s one of the secrets of the rich and famous, from UK’s real royalty to Hollywoods fake royalty, Monoco’s royalty have villas and the rich come and hide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No roads, only boats, and Donkeys, so serene and relaxing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But tomorrow we move on to collect Dogger from Mombasa…and the journey really starts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Shela<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Farid<\/a>
Farid the best captain in Lamu, a knowledgeable guy and very freindly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"the<\/a>
the main road to Lamu, really the road from Shela to Lamu is the beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Mosque<\/a>
Milly feels like praying in the abandoned mosque near Lamu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Shela<\/a>
It’s a tree !!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Many<\/a>
Many beautiful houses along the perfect seashore and they use these dows to get to town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"the<\/a>
Milly wasn’t happy with this rickety bridge over the Mangrove swamps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The pathway to the Swahili ruins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Whitewashed<\/a>
The whole town is like this, tiny passageways everywhere, only by foot or donkey can it be traversed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fishing<\/a>
Digging up the coral to make bricks to build houses for the rich Europeans !!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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