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Back from Lamu. I didn't have the money to spend in Kisumu, so you all didn't get to hear my pretty words on the vacation. Just now got to Kakamega (going to be taking lunch with the Ambassador today. Yes, thank you, I know I am important!) so I have some time, though still no money, to write you.

Lamu was Amazing! The trip there sucked eggs, but it was worth it, in the end. So, remember how I said we were going to take the train to Mombasa? Haha!! Silly girl! We all hopped on, set up the laptop and speakers, pulled out the booze and got settled. About midnight we started falling off, but woke to a strange feeling at 2am. The feeling of not moving. hmm... Whatever, let's go back to bed, get some sleep. Sawa. 8am I am awake again and no, we still aren't moving. WTF?

Turns out there is a lake lying over the tracks, just before Kabweze, which is only 2 or so hours outside Nairobi. Crap almighty. We wait there until noon, hoping the water will magically disappear (honestly), and when it doesn't, we wait another hour to be pulled back to Makindu, where we are supposed to get buses the rest of the way. We just got our own matatu, filled it with all 15 of us and all our luggage, and left. Oh, the horror!!!

At least this way we could get to Malindi, not just Mombasa. Our vehicle arrived at 2am, when all the hotels were booked. So, we just went to the gas station where our bus to Lamu would leave from and crashed there, in the middle of it all. Nice, eh? We pass the night in the streets and do okay.

7:30am, the bus arrives. It's okay, 'cause we have tickets and will get seats, hurrah! Until the next 200 people cram into the aisles, mushing us into our seats, forcing us against the windows and raising the temperature considerably. For 8 hours. KILL ME.

We arrive, hot, sweaty and angry, and boat over to the island ("it's an island?", I think). It's a 3-story house, owned by a very cute Frenchman with a boyfriend, where we fit 16 people into 3 bedrooms, 6 beds and 2 tents.

Hey, sorry, I'll finish this later... No money...