Tag: lamu
27 Jun
soft yet tough, Lamu’s dhow sails are patched together into a wonderful weekender Tanga bag decorated with a star or heart and sporting...
6 Sep
Maisha Marefu Na Matamu May You Have a Long and Sweet Life A sunset cruise begins with flower petals strewn from an unfurled sail.
5 Sep
Here is my Lamu cheat sheet – Overview: While many now opt for an end to their safari in a private house in the blander Watamu or Malindi...
4 Sep
When I travel I spend a good deal of time making sense of change – the before and the after, the old and the new, the process of aging....
3 Sep
Sunrise in the mangrove channels, painted sail bowed with the morning breeze. We are out for a day of line fishing with Omar and Ali in the...
2 Sep
Epicenter of Swahili culture that mixes Arab and African aesthetics and flavors, Lamu is an island of deep history. I have been coming here for...
1 Sep
We arrived to a remarkably smoothly run burned out airport. The welcome tents have to be the most beautiful anywhere but to be expected in this...
25 Aug
In a week’s time I will be back in Kenya. I am traveling with family and we will spend almost three weeks split between Lamu, Nairobi...
6 Dec
Collections form almost by themselves. The impetus to bring together objects under the same rubric is almost stronger than conscious decision....
18 Jan
I couldn’t quite believe it. 36 hours after I had left the snows of New York, I was dining beachfront en plein air, in an Italian restaurant...
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