Lamu

This is the airport at Lamu. They wheel your luggage from the plane in a big wooden cart, unload it onto a concrete ledge. The greeter from the hotel is barefoot, carries your luggage in a small wooden cart and walks you down a sand path to an old jetty where his wooden boat (dhow) is waiting. They then take you across the water to the hotel. You can feel your blood pressure and stress level dropping with every minute.
This is the airport waiting room. sand floor, thatched roof. To weigh your luggage they hang it on a hook on a scale. Mostly mizungos fly there.
One of only 2 vehicles on the island, the other ways to get around are by foot, boat (dhow) or donkey. There's a district hospital on the island. one ATM, and occasional internet. It truly is entering into a different world. I think it is one of the most favorite places in the world that I've been

view from outside my room
Our hotel my room is on the second floor in the front corner. Down below is a restaurant, we would order and then they would bring the food up to us
Looking out from the common/dining area between our rooms
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Night time on the vernadah of our hotel.