Boabab tree
Common roadside sight
The elephant tusks form the letter M at the entrance to Mombasa
Welcome to Mombasa
Market
Our first meal in Mombasa by the ocean. A nice change after being on a bus for 8 hours!
Bangladesh Slum near Mombasa port
Father Nikki at St. Patrick's Nursery School
Children playing outside school in Bangladesh
Preparing the foundation for addition to St. Patrick's Church in Bangladesh
Steve of the Community Based Health Care
workers at an Aids Clinic
Talking with director of education for Mombasa archdiocese
Dinner at Coralis's (Cindy, Coralis, Father Nikki, Father Gabriel, Mary, Pat, Ilona)
Community meeting
On the way to the ferry (notice the people who have just ridden across and have disembarked)
Ferry to the mainland
Ferry to and from Mombasa Island
Building stones made from coral
palm trees galore
Indian Ocean
It's high tide now.
Beautiful sandy beach
low tide
What do sea urchins eat? They seem to have small shells and pieces of coral attached to them.
Ouch!
sea spiders
Lots of sea spiders!
At low tide he has to put his entire body into pushing the boat forward
Resort on the Indian Ocean (It's low tide. Can you see the exposed sand and coral?)
Lunch time. Our club sandwich had a fried egg in in.
Road to Mivumoin
mivumoni trees are worthless - the wood is too porous to use and you cannot eat he fruit
Father Joe celebrating Mass at Mivumoni (notice the lantern by the tabernacle)
View from Father Joe's house in Mivumoni
Informal discussion with youth group
John talking to youth group at Mivumoni
Mary talking with women's group in Mivumoni
Secondary School classroom at a government school in Mivumoni
Aren't these tuktuks great
Fort Jesus built by the Portuguese in 1593
market