First thing in the morning on the train to Mombasa, the chimes woke us up again and we found our way back to the dining car for a lovely English breakfast, complete with grilled tomatoes! We sat with a Somali woman who works for the Kenya examination board. She was travelling down to Mombasa to take the national exams to the schools. This is a very important job in Kenya, as they take their national exams VERY seriously. Anyways, we had a really nice chat with her. But the whole time, I was feeling a little awkward sitting there and munching on my bacon while chatting with a fully covered Muslim woman!

Mid-morning, we pulled into Mombasa, and found ourslves a taxi to take us to the Voyager Beach Resort. We got an incredibly cheap deal there, so I was feeling a little out of my league with all the other folks who were there, who were spending an awful lot more money than we were! But it was very nice to be pampered and spoiled a little, especially after spending the last month with the rats and dust of Juba...

Voyager Beach Resort is right on the beach and also has 3 swimming pools to choose from! The best pool is called the "Relax" pool, where you can just sit and look out over the beach as you float in the coolness of the clear fresh water... ah.... I've never ever been on a holiday like this before, and it was wonderful! All inclusive food and drinks, so you could sit in the pool with a pineapple juice in one hand and a burger in the other :)

And, seeing so many, um, well, not so model-ish people in really small bikinis and speedos made me feel not quite so self-conscious of my own not so model-ish figure - even though I DID just spend a month doing hard labour in Juba :)

Oh, Mom needs some help decorating the Christmas tree... plus my toes are turning into ice cubes, so I need to go and find my slippers. From the white sandy Indian ocean beaches to this. Hmmm, I know where I'd rather be...