The first mission of the day was to communicate with the world via email. Reliably informed, we set off to the post office in Lamu to find three of their computers down and two long winded German women on the other two. After leaving Miranda to queue I went and fetched Rona, returning to find a longer queue but no progress.
As we sat in wait a middle aged american woman entered trying to get to her emails on one of the broken computers. At one point during her fruitless efforts the phone next to her went and she picked it up as though it was her own work desk. The fact she had been babbling away in a strong American accent, with dreadlocks and henna tattoos didn't stop her speaking to the caller fluently in Swahili, to our amazement; then continuing to fail to check her emails as if nothing had happened.
Finally we got on the computer and I managed to send a message while Miranda and Rona set off to get phone cards instead.
We then decided, over a pint of passion, to take advantage of the windsurf base along the beach between Lamu and Shela. The place was run by Satan, who happily gave me a board and proceeded to teach Rona in the art of windsurfing. Getting frustrated by the strong tide and seeming lack of progress by myself I eventually got back to base a the cost of being able to grip anything, and took over Rona training.
After drifting some way she handed control of the board to me, who attempted to sail it back to base. This was fine till I hit stronger wind when I discovered the board was defective and sail not properly attached, so I was rescued (by Satan).
We then met up with a friend of Miranda's (and some woman he had found) and went for a meal; a new place this time. I got the best curry I have ever had here, let it be known.
A short walk followed down the front to sit and wait for Miranda to phone her other half whereupon we were engaged in conversation with a dhow captain, af the end of which he gave me a flower! Quite random.
Now as I write this, a small lizard has run across my bed; so I'm going to see that it's gone, then go to bed!
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