In the untameable mirror that is the sea, I find myself confronted with all my forgotten dreams and resolutions. At the start of every beach holiday, I converse with the water, making excuses for the adventures I didn’t go on, as well as promises of change. Only after this, which I now recognise to be… Read more »
Something that helped my understanding of Diani evolve was looking at the trees. Perhaps that sounds odd. But what better way to start reading a place than to look for its “original” self, as it were. And sometimes this self is found in the landscape. Look around the edges of a place and you will… Read more »
During off season times, every tourist that walks onto the beach gives the vendors a very visible jolt of hope. I stepped out there earlier today, and was welcomed enthusiastically by people selling jewellery, fabric, and trinkets. I realised there were three kinds of vendor that approach me every time. 1. Lady selling kitenge, kikoy,… Read more »
It’s been exactly 3 years since I last wrote here. Now I find myself back on this blog and back in Diani. This coastal town seems to bring out the observer in me. Or it could be the fact that when settling into a new life, you notice more. Differences you sense make you more… Read more »