From Sunset sailing to historical grounds
In the 1400th century, the people lived on Manda Island and in the village of Takwa. A vibrant community with about 2500 inhabitants, its own Madrassa school (Islam), mosque and 3-400 small houses built of coral stone and lime. After a day of cooking school for the girls and a mosque visit for the boys, we rounded off the day with two local dhows and sailed into the sunset. Bonus was that we were able to "break the fast" with the locals on the boat.
Today we took a tour of the aforementioned Takwa Ruins and the group photo was taken around a 500-year-old Bao-bao tree. An exciting tour despite the sun and high temperatures where we learned about the first settlement on Manda Island before they ran out of fresh water and moved to Lamu Island.
Afterwards we visited a local home and went down to the quarry where they work with picks to get building blocks. Hard work in 33 degrees and earnings of about 1,75 NOK per stone. Realizes that my teacher's salary is quite ok!
