Kinondo Kewtu
For the first morning of the holiday we woke up without the need to be somewhere super early. Nim spent the first hour of the day sitting outside on the veranda with a cup of coffee, reading a book but we all know that couldn’t last for long. He soon got bored and decided it was time that I woke up too. Nim gently stroked my forehead to wake me, I was cocooned in the covers so well that my forehead was the only visible part. He did cave and let me have another half an hour dozing, using my Nim pillow while he read me a book on the Geography, Climate and Human Landscape of Kenya.
After a slow start and a delicious breakfast, consisting of locally sourced fruits, pancakes and chocolate sauce, eggs, bacon and tomatoes and fruit juice, we hit the beach. We wandered, read books, snorkelled ( Nim was way better at this than me ) and chilled out in the sun. Snorkelling was a bit of a disappointment as the water was rather murky so we didn’t manage to see anything.
We set off on our daily meal adventure; part one is always finding our table. This seems to be shuffled around on a regular basis and today we dined by the boathouse.
After lunch the rain hit, we retreated back to the veranda with a beautiful view of the sea to play Othello ( where I is always the winner ), Racing Demon and Rummy. Cards were Nim’s forte.
After the rain stopped we decided it was time for a swim. We bumped into the only other people, a family of four, at Kinondo Kewtu. The boys were trying to see how many inflatables they could squish onto themselves whilst still being able to jump into the pool. This created some great holiday chat and entertainment, for both us and their parents. We decided to play around with a diving stick and see how far and fast it could be retrieved from the four metre deep pool.
After retreating back to the cottage to get ready for dinner, we wandered over for drinks, snacks and a game of chess. I was very upset when Nim won, especially as the game had seemed to be mine for the most part.
Dinner was a series of firsts for me. Tuna capachio to start, which surprisingly I enjoyed, tuna has never been something I have liked so it was a very hesitant first bite. This was followed by lobster and rice, lobster might just be be a new love as it was extremely tasty! We rounded off the evening with a coconut and lime purée which we enjoyed with a third glass of wine at a candlelit table with only the sounds of the waves as company.
Needless to say, after a long day of new experiences and learning how to entertain Nim while trying to read, it didn’t take long for the ocean to lull us to sleep.