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Well, I’ve been away from the internet cafe for a while so I’ll fill you in on some of the things I have done in the last few weeks. In bullet points because I’m lazy. No photos for reasons you’ll find within.

• I went to the World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa on the 24th of March. Spent most of my time at the Tusker tent. Security everywhere because of alleged terrorist threats but the day went off smoothly. Alas sometime between the junior and senior races, some bastard lifted my wallet so I was unable to see the day through to its conclusion and instead had to walk back into town to the police station to get a police report. Only lost a bit of cash and my credit card so not too bad. However, my memory stick was in my wallet as well so I have no easy way to upload photos anymore.
• Flew to Lamu the next day. Was met by Bakhari but not by Zuhra. His last minute preparations for my arrival including putting shark liver oil and cotton in between the planks and she wasn’t smelling her best. Took her out for a sail up the channel the next day though and Bakhari has done a very good job of looking after her during my long absence.
• Tagged along on several trips with tourists to Manda Toto, a small island to the north of Lamu. Got horrendously sunburnt from which I’m still recovering.
• Spent a few mornings polishing and painting Zuhra. The days are too hot to do much at all so I usually knock off about 10, go for a juice and relax around town or sleep.
• Eaten a lot of lunches and dinners at various people’s houses. It’s been good to catch up with various people.

The power’s gone off and the UPS is whining so I have to go. I’ll come back and finish this in the next couple of days. I’m happy, healthy, enjoying Mau Lidi and looking forward to coming back and boring you all to tears with stories from Kenya and Lamu.