Dream Trip 2008: September

Great Travel Moment

On my last day in Kenya, I spent several hours sitting in the shade of coconut palms fringing Diani Beach south of Mombasa observing a constant stream of human & animal activity: fishermen, hawkers, acrobats & jugglers, camel drivers and the curious local wild monkeys. Three men dressed in the tradional crimson garb of the central Masai Mara plains walking down the beach caught my attention since they were obviously far from home and quite out of place. They paused long enough for me to capture their ethereal image in the shimmering noonday light. We were literally at land's end. I was at my journey's end and I wondered if they were too. It was time to return home.