Our last full day on the African continent! And what's more, it was Kenya's Jamhuri Day (Independence Day)! This means it was a public holiday for the people in Kenya. To celebrate, we decided to eat breakfast downstairs. A $2 Spanish omelette with bread wasn't a typical Kenyan breakfast, but it sure gave Calvin and Kate a good start for the day's adventures. It was about 11 am by the time we got ourselves ready to head out for today's destination - Diani Beach! It's a fair mission to get to Diani from the middle of Mombasa - it involved getting across from the island to the mainland by ferry and then about a half hour drive from the ferry to Ukunda where you get a tuk tuk to the beach. It was another scorcher of a day with lots of humidity however we didn't feel it too bad as we caught a tuk tuk to the Likoni ferry. The free Likoni ferry - actually, there are 3 ferries - is a large barge which can transport vehicles and people. Hordes of people. We went through the security and waited under a shelter for about half an hour. It was shady but sweaty waiting there. Kate had read lots about pickpockets and theft on the ferry so she was hyper vigilant. Once the ferry arrived, they opened the gates and it felt like we were being marched in a refugee camp. The crowd basically moved you, whether you wanted to or not. Kate observed we were probably the only 2 mzungus amongst the estimated 1000 people on board. Once the ferry got to the other side, it was chaos. People streamed up the stairs from the ferry and were met by a multitude of matatus, buses, pikipikis, and tuk tuks - all with people attached to them yelling for people to come on board. We were herded on to a bus, back seat row, with lots of locals. There was a bit of traffic, however we managed to squeeze out only to travel about 1 km before stopping at a hardware store where they loaded about 20 boxes of ceramic floor tiles down the aisle of the bus. Next thing we see, is a wheelbarrow being hoisted up the side of the bus to be strapped to the top! We eventually continued on to Ukunda - getting off the bus was like going through a fun obstacle course - weaving between standing passengers, stepping on and between boxes of tiles, holding tightly onto the bars on the sealing, all the while the bus is wobbling to a stop. A tuk tuk brought us from Ukunda to Diani.  Diani is one of the best beaches in Africa - 3rd best according to CNN travel. The turquoise water is warm, calm, clear and the white sand is fine and soft underfoot. We strolled up to 40 Thieves Beach Bar for lunch - a popular spot along the 10 km of beach. There were some beach boys trying to sell us trips, activities and souvenirs but it wasn't as bad as we thought. We had a couple of swims in the water while waiting for late lunch. Then it was back the way we came - tuk tuk to Ukunda, party matatu to Likoni, ferry to Mombasa and tuk tuk back to our hotel. But before going into the hotel, we walked up the street to find our mango man, the same man who sold us a mango yesterday! He was so excited to see us and shook our hand - this time, we bought one mango each!  Still full from late lunch and our afternoon mango, we skipped going out for dinner and polished off the left over pizza from last night.