{"id":783,"date":"2022-01-08T23:53:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T21:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adham.elshahabi.com\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2022-01-08T23:53:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T21:53:13","slug":"kenya-2022-days-6-and-7-dianis-animals-and-meeting-theo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adham.elshahabi.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/kenya-2022-days-6-and-7-dianis-animals-and-meeting-theo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya 2022 | Days 6 and 7: Diani’s Animals and Meeting Theo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My trip to Diani, a little beach town on the southern coast of Kenya, was a one-hour Matatu ride. This ride was studded with observations that are followed by a usual question: why? Why is this cow here? Why is this guy collecting dirty draining water in a bucket? I saw so many wonders that I don’t know how to document here. Seeing Africa or India or countries with some significant amount of Chaos is something that can’t be replaced by stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I headed to the backpacker’s lodge called “Stilts”, which is located in the forest. As soon as I entered, I started seeing black-and-white colobus monkeys everywhere. They looked elegant and were around the whole place. I have initially booked a tent (see photo below) as a new experience for me. I have camped in my youth several times in the desert. Camping in a forest is novel to me. Jenny at the reception welcomed me and in the process asked me if I was “sure about the tent”? They also have tree houses. They showed me both options. While I was making the tour, I heard snakes. “Bakari, are these snakes?”, “yes, but they are the green ones, they are not dangerous”.\u00a0 Given the circumstances, I opted for a treehouse. Back to the reception where Jenny said “you don’t look like a tent person”. This is true. Not in a forest where all these animals can play tag with me. Well, I also discovered later, that the green snake is called the “eastern green mamba” and has a rapid-acting venom.
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