As promised, a 5.45am wake up call/alarm for a 6am breakfast. Sam, one of the staff, brought us HEAPS of banana pancakes made by Linda, the American lady who owns the place. They were delicious!!!! Nasir came at 6.15 and we packed up and left by 6.25. We drove for 15 minutes to get to the ferry, which would take us across the lake, and then we had an hour and a half drive to Kisumu, where we paid Nasir/the company he worked for and then drove to the airport. We...

After a rough and noisy night, breakfast was at 9am - toast and fruit. At about 10, we headed out onto Lake Victoria on a dodgy handmade sailing boat. We sailed around another island (this one was much smaller than Rusinga), and back to the place, which took about an hour and a half. We chilled in our rooms until lunch at about 1 - chapatis and lentil type stuff. Very nice!! Nasir (our driver) came at about 2.30 to take us round the island on a small tour. We f...