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Article: Beach boys of Mombasa
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 9, 1995
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8AM: Mohammedi wakes, sips some brackish water and walks the
two miles to Diani Beach. The tide is still low, but the white sand
already reflects the sun uncomfortably for the new arrivals from
Europe. Two Dutch women and a single American man are on their
first full day of a fortnight's holiday on the Kenyan coast. The
women, from Rotterdam, have been here before and have recommended
the many delights of the resort areas about 30km south of Mombasa
to their friend from Phoenix, Arizona. Rather than a big hotel,
this time they have chosen a quiet, self-catering cottage on a
small, privately owned estate a little further south from the main
tourist throng. Paying pounds 5 a day each for ...