We arrived in Mombasa at 5am and were immediately mobbed by taxi touts. After making sure our bags that had been tied to the roof were firstly still there and secondly made it to us we negotiated a deal to Diani beach at 2500 shillings (I had been advised it would be 3-3500) however once in the car through my sleep deprived head I noticed there were 2 taximen in the car, a little odd? We set off down some decidedly dodgy streets. I had a terrible sinking feeling. We turned into a docklands area and the fear rose and my sleep deprivation vanished. Fear was abated when I realised we were taking the ferry across the estuary to save time and the dock was surprisingly full of people at that time in the morning. Phew!!
20 mins later we arrived at Diani Beach Campsite and Cottages. I had contacted them the day before to say we would arrive early and they had said the cottage was free so we would be able to get in on arrival which was a huge blessing. We dropped the bags in the cottage and feel pretty much straight asleep at around 6.30am. We woke at lunchtime and could finally take in our idyllic surroundings of thatched cottage, pool, monkeys in the trees (don’t leave your camera etc lying around!!) and the Indian Ocean only 200m away. Being away from Mombasa and it being after the peak of New Year the beach was very quiet and swimming and chilling was the order of the day. Sipping milk from a freshly picked (we saw him do it, you do not get fresher than that) in the shade then back to the cottage to freshen up before pizza and drinks and an early night.
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