This will be my last blog post from Mombasa,
well from this trip anyway. i have had a wonderful time here as you must know
from reading my blog posts!
This morning started off a little
differently, I don't know what happened, I just had to have those extra 10
minutes of sleep, but then remembering it was my last day here I quickly
snapped out of the beautiful dream I was in, grabbed my camera and rushed down
to the beach but the gate was locked! Where was Nicholas?
When the lights suddenly turned off, I knew
he couldn't be far. He strolled over and we quickly took to the beach looking
for the right composition. The clouds were morphing into interesting shapes as
they moved along the horizon, I finally found the right compositions so I set
up and waited. And waited. And waited.
6:30 came and went and there wasn't any sign
of the Sun, then after a few minutes, it suddenly broke free from the clouds
and stood up tall in the sky and said, 'Here I am!' It shone so bright it
illuminated the clouds beautifully.
I varied my composition, experimenting with
different shutter speeds and apertures too. I wanted to try a shot we did
similar to our Barcelona shot of us writing in the sand, but I think I will
keep that little picture a secret for the moment.
After that we headed back and my Dad was
sitting on the beach so we all went in and I gave Nicholus a few T-shirts for
his family. I've officially finished packing; I just have to somehow fit my
tripod and shoes in! That's going to be tricky as I don't have space, but when
I change into my coming home clothes there will be more space in my bag for
them.
We all went for a walk around 9, my uncle
and parents decided to get a massage near the hotel we visited last night. On
the way to the massage parlour, I stepped on something and cut my foot open, I
looked down and whatever it was, was stuck in my foot! I pulled it out and it
was like that scene from that film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, where the guy
pulls some coral out of his leg and then all this blood pours out! It was
bleeding so much I left a trail of blood in the sand as I limped, all the way
to the parlour!
The massage parlour was behind some
apartment flats, the area around the flats was beautiful, there was so much
rich plant life and animal life too, we saw many different birds crossing our
path and different lizards too!
But the parlour wasn't there, so we turned
back and went around the other way, along the way a dog came up to us and then
ran off, he was really cute. There were also hens with their chicks, a rooster
clucking away, another dog, it could have been the same one for all we know!
And lots and lots of lizards!
We finally got to the parlour and I took a
seat, my parents and uncle went in for their massage. It was a really nice
building, with a roof on the entrance and then open at the back. A cat had
adopted this place and made it his home; how do I know it was a he you ask?
Well because below his tail, were two very blue balls! He was making the cutest
little meowing sound; a few German people were also getting a massage and had
brought some food for him.
As everyone was finishing, an American guy
was at the front talking to the ladies about getting his laundry washed for the
next day. I started thinking, ‘I love your accent.’ Then I remembered that joke
from the beginning of Dumb and Dumber, where Jim Carrey is talking to a foreign
student and he’s like, ‘I love your accent, let me guess, New Jersey?’ and the
lady replies, ‘Austria!’ I found it hard not to burst out laughing.
On the way back to the beach we took a
different path; a flash of blue to my right caught my eye. When I turned I saw
the most beautiful bright blue lizard with an orange head, it was nodding (I’m
not sure what it means when they nod, but it looked so cool!) I was so annoyed
I didn't have my camera with me!
You must be reading this thinking, ‘you
missed a lot of moments you wished you’d captured, why didn’t you bring your
camera with you wherever you go?’
And yes, truthfully there are moments I’ve
missed from the holiday, but I have to think about my safety first, it isn’t
safe to show off your gear.
Anyway, we hit the beach and found the tide
to be all the way out. We walked up away from the shore, stepping on a few more
bits of coral here and there, we also saw little sea crab and tiny fish! It was
so hot and needed to cool off but the tide was out so we found a little
paddling pool and lay down. It was so shallow, the top of my t-shirt didn't
even get wet!
I ran back to the cottages, counting how
long it would take me to get dry, I calculated it at about 3-4 minutes, which
is really cool, (well hot!) because a tumble dryer takes about an hour to make
your clothes dry.
I enjoyed my last madaf of the holiday, and
then ran inside to get my camera ready for a family portrait.
The Sun was shining down on us making it a
little hard to see, I wanted to get a picture later on but feared we would run
out of time later so I took it. I wanted to take the picture with all of us on
the beach, with the ocean in the background, it's not the perfect picture in
the world but it depicts our holiday! We took another one underneath some
shade, I set them up and then asked Nicholus to press the shutter for me, he
got a little snap happy but I'm sure there will be a good one in the selection!
After the picture taking, we needed to
shower, my uncle went in first while my Dad and I physically jumped in the
pool! I don't know why I'd never done this before! I jumped in at least 9 times
after that, I had so much fun, then I thought, my girlfriend isn't going to
believe that I, Jamil Teja, actually jumped into a swimming pool that wasn't
heated. I set up my camera and got Nicholas to press the shutter again, they
came out better than I thought they would!
After everyone was showered, ready and
packed we said our goodbyes, packed the car and set off on another journey. We
had to stop to pick up the cake for my auntie, it's her birthday at the end of
March and since we are not here then, we are celebrating it while we are here.
We are sitting in the living room of the
flat, watching some DVDs and waiting for my uncle and My Dad to hurry back with
the food. Our flight from Mombasa Airport leaves at ten past seven and we need
to check in at least 2 hours before it departs but they still not back from
picking up food! I am starving and need to eat before we fly, as we won't get
much to eat on the airplane!
Links to the rest of the holiday are below!
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