Lamu - "A man without a donkey, is a donkey"

After a long time on the Nile, the urge to travel led me, Mark Leonard an Irish kayaker who is always good craic and Lizzie Fritts one of my fellow volunteer kayakers on an adventure to Lamu on the Kenyan coast in search of surf, culture and adventure.

The journey to Lamu took over 24 hours through Kenya via Nairobi and Mombasa by bus, with kayaks followed by a trip on the ferry before arriving in Lamu and renting a room.
We spent our time in Lamu looking for new surf spots, as we were as far as we knew the first people to bring kayaks to Lamu.

Dhow Trip - Photo by Lizzie Fritts

We had some success and found one excellent point break, unfortunalely I didnt get many good photos of the surf.

Lamu is one island in an archepelago off the east coast of Africa - it is originally Swahili town and still remains relatively unspoilt by tourism, the centre of the town is a maze of narrow allies and backstreets, transport around the town is by donkey and there are only two cars on the island, the town ambulance and the majors car. Outside the town we found miles of deserted beaches.