We had a lie in and a late breakfast, then we walked through the coconut palm forest to Emayeni Logde. We spent the morning swimming in their pool and sun tanning, with occasional dips in the sea. The sea, like in Zanzibar, is flat and one can spend hours lolling in the warm waters. As far as the eye can see, both north and south, there is flat ocean, then white beach sand (with a fair amount of sea weed) and then tropical palm forests. We were the only people on the beach.
After a lazy morning we returned to Tulia for lunch and then we packed up as we will be back on the road tomorrow. Then it was a relaxing afternoon on the loungers and under the huge baobab on the beach.
As things cooled down, Robs and I headed off on a long walk down the beach. Next to our lodge is the local village, it is built like a squatter camp but the houses are made out of coconut palm leaves. The houses start on the beach and stretch back into the palm forests; they house some 600 people and rely mainly on fishing for a livelihood. After the village are a couple of other lodges, like ours, they are built out of local vegetation and discretely hidden in the palms. This section is apparently one of the top holiday destinations along the Northern Tanzanian coastline – we are lucky to be here out of season.
Twenty minutes into the walk we found some people playing beach volley ball and Robs joined in. It turned out they worked at the lodge we were walking past and played regularly, so they were pretty good but it was lots of fun.
We arrived home just before dark and went for a swim and then the girls and I played board games until dinner. Dinner was on the beach again, with a gentle breeze cooling us down this evening – it was back to fish on the menu with chocolate mousse for desert. We have eaten so well in this part of the world; I must have put on 10kg.
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