Beautiful Car-Less Lamu Island at the… End of the World
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Spending time on the car-less island of Lamu, situated off the coast of Kenya in the Indian Ocean, was a remarkable experience. Built of coral and mangrove timber, the unique town of Lamu, is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa. I still vividly remember the simple and beautiful construction of the city with its hearty inner courtyards, pleasant looking verandas and elaborately carved wooden doors.
Staying consistent with how I have traveled in the past, I decided that I wanted to explore further than the already remote location of Lamu. My precious fellow traveler and I got a tiny 20 ft. sailing boat to spend the day on the next island, that not only did not have cars, but in fact, did not have houses, animals or people either. We could not even identify its name on the map.
Lamu
Remote, a location like a pinpoint,
Miniscule perhaps on a map
But entirely breathtaking in its
Solitude, like a sigh
Or a breath of fresh air, a rainbow after the rain
Lamu, laminated with authenticity,
Individuality and the impossible.