19.10.2009Every once in a while in this great unknown we call life we end up doing the stupidest things, and even in a more amazing display of stupidity, feel good about it afterwards. Try a 20 mile walk, out of the blue, on a abused body that has seen wayyyy too much alcohol and passive cigarette smoke in the past 2 weeks. That's the experience, as my grandma would put it, that we had to go through. Well. Not HAVE to, it was our (dumb) decision, but after getti...

26.9.2009Dear Diary...Today I went sailing with my friend Hassan and a merry crew consisting of Anu, Vanessa, Juliana and me, of course. We had such a gay time on our trip, we took Hassan's dhow-boat from the shore towards Manda island, where rumours say there exists a mighty pretty beach that continues on for as long as the eye can see. Such silliness didn't make an impression on me, until I laid eyes on to a golden streak of sand which was slowly massaging the ...

Lamu. Aaseja, ei autoja. Swahili-ilmapiiri ja rento meininki kaiken kaikkiaan. Kapeita kujia ilman kadunnimiä. Lähellä 12km valkoista hiekkarantaa. Nyt levätään.

17.9.2009 "Three hundred and forty", the waiter declares. I lift my head and shake off the neon light daze to stare at the bill that he has brought me. Smoky aromas of burned wood… A cat howling for a bite to eat… Kenyan politicians fighting on the screen… Two people, drinks, meals and catering levy… three-forty. For a minute I wonder if my eyes and ears are still betraying me because of the dance of artificial lights beside me. I roll the nu...

What a world! You hear all these tales of danger and how buses are soooo slow that you'll come up with quantum physics equations before it hits your destination. Too bad were so intuitively good at choosing buslines that we were in Malindi by 9.10am. What a shock, right on time! And no, it's not dangerous. More dangerous than riding a Finnish bus, sure, but as long as the driver is sober (which was our case) they are able to get you from one point to the other ...