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Luxury living

We arrived in Kilifi yesterday evening, and life has suddenly taken a turn for the luxurious. We have a little house with its own small swimming pool under an immense baobab tree. Just above the pool is a wide veranda with a couple of sofas and a dining table, so this is probably where we […]

A longish journey

We drove from Diani to to Mombasa and on to Kilifi today. Before we drove out, our Airbnb host turned up, freshly arrived from Christmas with her family in Austria. She seemed very pleasant and talkative, gave some recommendations for Kilifi, and I took the opportunity to suggest a daily emptying of the rubbish. A […]

Kindness

I received some really very sad news today – one of my university professors had died, and he was someone I was really very fond of. His kindness to a quiet, awkward Pakistani student who was going through the tumult of a difficult transition to and through university, as well as all the chaos and […]

Final acts

Last night we watched the final episode of the first season of Succession. A very entertaining TV programme, though not yet approaching the greats. I understand that this may change in the second or third season. I was correct in my prediction as to where Kendall and his father would end, and correct in spirit […]

Full moon

It was the full moon tonight, though very different from a month ago on Zanzibar. Here the moon rose when it was still light, but still over the water, and going through ghostly pale pinks and blues until it became clear and white. There were some clouds, but the light shone on the water. It […]