Day Six - Water Amusement Park

I have to pick a friend at the airport at 9.00 am. Traffic on this Saturday morning is heavier than I would have expected. Back from the airport we are caught in slow traffic. I rejoin the family at noon and we head straight to the Wild Waters. I am impressed by the concept, set up and quality of services. The whole range of products from Lazy River, Waterslides, Fun Floats, Rain Dance, Food Courts, Video Arcade and Bars are worth the Kshs. 1000/= and 300/= fees for swimmers and spectators respectively.

During the lunch hour the food court becomes chaotic due to the impatience of Nairobians who cannot stand the laidback, almost lucklusture service by the staff. We bump into very many familiar faces from Nairobi. After lunch the kids go back to the water- Gregory cannot get enough of the slides while Natasha seems like she could happily live in the rain dance enclosure for the rest of her days.

Friends join us late in the afternoon, which makes the lounging in the fringes bearable. At dusk we leave for the hotel where we freshen before going for dinner at the Nyali Beach Hotel. A couple we offered best maid and best man services is hosting us. Talk about fringe benefits! At the hotel our laid back attire of shorts and sandals is declared unfit by their dress code. We are consigned to the informal Mchana Bistro. Though the pulling force for this Saturday dinner is a live band, we have to do without the view of the neither stage nor dance floor. The babies hardly touch their dinner due to fatigue.

Tomorrow, we leave at seven in the morning for Lamu- some 350 kilometres away. We are leaving the car in Mombasa because the trip is best taken by bus due to insecurity in the Malindi-Garsen-Witu-Lamu section.