It’s been an interesting morning. I got breakfast and tried to take a walk on the beach. I say tried because I was accompanied by teen age boys the entire way. It is not like Costa Rica where the boys try to sell you something : you say no and they move in. These boys chat you up a long time before making their pitch.
The Ocean is beautiful. It’s turquoise. And it honestly feels like warm bath water. I put my feet in the Indian Ocean!
Here is where I’m parked for the day
With this view
As far as the beach is concerned I don’t understand why it’s one of best in world. Lots of seaweed and high tide completely covers it.
This is low season and there are very few people here. Lots of hotels are closed. Mine only has 8 rooms and they seem to be filled.
Kenya as outlawed single use plastic bags and water and soft drinks are in glass bottles.
I had two naps this morning and then went swimming. So now I can say I have swum in the Indian Ocean! The water is so clear That Standing in shoulder deep water I can see my feet! Quite a change from the Atlantic. The water is warm.
So that is what I’ll be doing today and tomorrow— reading, napping and swimming.
This hotel is so small they really pay attention to the guests. The manager is always walking around. I asked him to ask the chef for half portions For my meals . There is too much food and I feel bad wasting it. Last night I had snapper just caught that day. Tonight it is beef because the seafood choice is octopus and I’m allergic.
There is a pool outside my door so I can wash off my feet before I go into my room.
Later I put on shorts and moved to this:
With this view
A new kind of monkey, a Sykes monkey, joined me today on my porch.
Dinner on the beach.
Day 1 at the beach has been a gorgeous day!
Looking Out Seeing Within 