Seems like we are just settling into a good life at Diani beach and its time to move on. Met some very nice people and made a lot of friends, from the tuk tuk driver to the chapati lady, local fish man and all the staff at the cottage where we are staying. We are headed to what they call the North coast which is about a 2 hour car ride to a town called Watumu. Its a bit more remote with less touristy stuff and has better wind and good waves. Went on our firs...

Only more small encounter with a Baboon but it was a female in the kitchen and she fled quickly, reminded me of…never mind. We are now basically living on the beach with our own private kite spot. There is a kiting place about 1km down wind if we want to play with others on the water. Usually we end up there for a beer at happy hour and swap kite stories with fellow kiters mostly from Europe. The conditions here don't seem to change much, slightly cloudy until ...

More from John: Moved today to the Diani beach chalets. This is the slightly run down place I spoke of but we are sceptically happy with our choice. The nice aspect of this place is that we are within spitting distance of the beach , the only draw back is that we have gone from monkey town to baboon town. Monkeys you can kind of growl at or throw a rock at like the locals do and they flee. With baboons if they become aggressive or want what you have you run li...

John is te real talent with words...here is the email he sent to his family and friends: Monday morning third day in Kenya and the body has just started to catch up with a 50 degree temp change and an 8 hour time adjustment. Weather hasn't changed much, it is the dry season so rain is non existent and sun is relentless; temp hovers between 30 to 35 daily. Our treehouse has been comfy and kinda fun, although we must be careful what we leave on the counter becau...