Mombasa and the Surrounding area

On Monday morning we departed Nairobi and headed for Mombasa. On the way to Mombasa, the bus we were on broke down three times. The first time it had basically just overheated. The other two times, some other more serious problem occured. After the third time the bus broke down, we called another bus, and waited two hours for it to come. While we were waiting, we hung out by the side of the road. When the bus finally came, and we arrived in Mombasa, we went to a swahili restaurant and had some pretty good food. Afterwards, we went to the hotel where we were staying and hung out some more. On Tuesday, we went to Fort Jesus. Fort Jesus is an old Portugeuse fort in Mombasa. Afterwards, we went to a resort hotel right on the Indian Ocean. On Thursday, we went to a mosque and school, to an Indian restaurant in Malindi for lunch, and then to the Gede ruins. The Gede ruins are the ruins of an old swahili community. It is not known why the Gedean people deserted the village, but it was deserted. Some of the houses had simple indoor pluming and cooling systems. After the Gede ruins, we went back to the hotel that we had stayed in during our first night in Mombasa.