Mombasa Raha Day 3

Mombasa 

June 7, 2011

Today was an exciting day...It would be our first free day.  Okay well not entirely free.  We left the hotel a bit later than usual and walked to the beach.  When we got there the professor announced that we would be going on a Water Safari.  Some of the group stayed behind at the the hotel so we waited for them.  After everyone arrived we sat around some more and took pictures.  Our boats had not arrived so Johnothan and I decided to ride a camel.  It was such an awesome experience.  When I sat on the camel since I was in the front it lurched up and from the front up and I felt a jerk that frightened me a bot.  We rode for about 15 minutes.  Johnothan and I was being silly singing and posing on the camel.  Once we were done the camel sat down front first which was another sudden jerk.  

Just in the nick of time the boat arrive and our water Safari would begin.  I did not know what to expect as I have never heard of a water safari before. We set sail on the Indian Ocean. Apparently, there is a glass in the bottom of the boat so you can see the bottom of the ocean.  We saw the coral reefs and school of fishes.  It was indescribable.  I love water and fishes so this made my day.  Once we got out to the open ocean, one of the guys jumped and dived under and started feeding bread to the fishes.  The most beautiful zebra fishes rose to the top.   I screamed and shouted with joy punda malia fishes.   Then, we  were told that we could jump and snorkel and feed the fishes.  I was brimming with excitement.  I had never done anything like this before. I found snorkeling kind of difficult but I was able to feed the fishes.  There was also an Ugandan couple on our boat who was in Kenya for their honeymoon.  I even dived under the boat and touched the glass. 

We sailed out further to a blue lagoon with a sandbar.  Today, was a day of firsts.  I never heard of a sandbar either.  Sandbars are places in rivers, sea, and oceans that have a gathering of rocks, sand, and pebbles that may be more shallow than the rest of the ocean.  I never knew such a thing existed and so far from the shore and in an ocean.  We took tons of pictures and reveled in the moment.  

After we got back to the shore.  We had a free day.  I went  IL Covo...everyone in the group is in love with this place. WE ordered tons of food and it was so good.  The guys went to get a full body massage for five dollars and I went to swim in the pool.

Since it was our last night in Mombasa our professor arranged for us to go out on a group dinner.  Surprisingly we sowed up to Bombolulu.  On our way there we encountered a loud screaming which later we learned that someone was being hysterical.  Due to the beliefs of the people here they believed she must be possessed or that someone must have put a spell on her.  Two girls from our group suggested they go to the hospital but they disagreed with them.  The food was great and they had a dance floor for us to enjoy.  It was a great last night in Mombasa.