TAN: Secret Getaway

Up at 6 a.m. to watch the fishermen sail by in their dhows. Not a lot of action on this particular morning will have to try our luck again tomorrow. Maina, Chantal and I headed over to the lodge to have tea on the balcony. While we were there it started to rain for a couple of minutes. It was just enough to spatter the ground with raindrops and to cause a full rainbow to appear at the end of the island.

Maina inspecting the shoreline.

A full rainbow followed a short burst of rain.

The tide was out the furthest I had seen it immediately following breakfast. so I headed out to see what I could find. Today’s excitement was an even huger bounty of starfish.

Starfish everywhere.

A giant anemone.

Some lovely soft coral that looked as if someone had squirted expanding foam all over the rocks.

The Kenyans finally emerged for lunch. They had been up until 2:30 a.m. drinking and talking. We hung out for a bit talking on the balcony.

The Kenyan ladies; Josephine, Catherine and Tessa.

Sandrine and Chantal had been plotting how to go and get Sandrine’s friends, who were due in the evening, from the airport and back to Lazy Lagoon. They decided to ride back with Maina and the Kenyan ladies to greet the friends at the airport. The group departed at 7:30 p.m. to arrive at the airport as close to the scheduled 9:20 p.m. flight arrival as possible. They had a story ready about the airport being to the south of town and the house being an hour away to the north. It wasn’t until they got to the boat at the Fish Camp that Arnaud and Lilia realized something was amiss. The diesel had run out about 15 minutes before the boat landed so the camp was completely dark save for a bonfire on the beach. We had a light supper at 11 p.m. by candlelight. We finally tucked in around 12:30 a.m.