Old Town Trip

Last night we all went out again to a local bar called Bob’s.  Everyone had a great time and wanted to go to a club.  We loaded up the tuk-tuks and went to a club called il covo.  We danced and had drinks and eventually made our way home.  Since it’s the weekend we could sleep in and catch up on some much needed beauty sleep.  We woke up, showered, and got ready to do some shopping at an area in Mombasa called Old Town.  We were pretty hungry so we went to Café Mocha for a quick lunch before we headed out.  I had Banana Belgium waffles and they were delicious.  I had been really craving some “normal” food and they definitely hit the spot.

We took the van to Old Town and the streets were filled with little shops.  The shop owners were all over the “mzungus” trying to coerce us into buying anything and everything. I bought some souvenirs for friends and family and got very good at bargaining down prices.  We spent three hours wandering through shops and then decided it was time to go. 

                                                                inside a shop

                                                                     The streets of Old Town

When we returned, Doles, our cook was preparing the Goodbye/Hello Barbeque. Everyone was relieved to have a more familiar meal consisting of potato salad (of course there had to be some type of starch), hotdogs, hamburgers, and chicken kabobs.  We were famished from the full day of shopping and the barbeque hit the spot.  Tonight we are going to head back to Café Mocha for some dessert and coffee then hit the hay since we had a late night last night.  Today wasn’t too eventful but it was nice to have a more relaxed day.