Otherwordly Lamu
Lamu was always a place we aimed to visit while in Kenya, and we had resigned ourselves to the notion that we wouldn’t get there, until our changes of plans opened the door to that opportunity. It was very rewarding to spend several days there.
Lamu is on an archipelago and the oldest most continually inhabited city in all of Kenya. It is predominantly Muslim, with the distinctively Swahili architecture and culture, mixed with all the layers of occupation and trading over the centuries. It feels especially timeless because there are no cars on the island, and everything is transported by boat and by donkey. It was very quiet, save for the call to prayer coming from the many mosques, the donkeys braying, and the cats squalling in the alleys everywhere.
