The four of us arrived Mombasa early in the morning on Saturday January 15th after a 20 hour long travel starting in Oslo. We were picked up by a representative from the hotel who drove us safely through the Mombasa night to Milele Beach Hotel. The hotel is situated north of Mombasa city on the Bamburi Beach and our apartment is just 100 metres from the beach. Milele Beach Hotel is in a non-alcoholic and non-smoking zone so as proper holidaymaking Norwegians (including one Serbian) we have enjoyed the last two days on the beach with a coke in our hands. The temperature is about 30 degrees celsius, both in the air and water. Fortunately it has been quite windy so laying at the beach has been really nice. We have now re-charged our batteries and are ready to do some work. We start early tomorrow morning with a meeting at Sollatek, who will install the solar panels at Makobe Primary School. According to them, the installment will start tomorrow (Monday 17th). After the meeting we will pick up Holger Jonasson who will travel with us to Shimba Hills, our base for the next week. We have booked rooms at Mama Wambui; a nice place with beds, but no showers. So it will be an interesting week.
We are not sure how the internet connection will be at Shimba Hills, but we will give you an update as soon as possible.
