Trip to Kenya's South Coast and Ukunda, Part Three: camels, starfish, bush babies, coconuts, and tuktuks

I've been to Diani Beach many times when these camels are around, but had never ridden any of them.
On this trip, I decided it was finally time to do so! Linet was also eager to give it a try.

The owner charged us $5 each for our stroll down the beach. It was quite fun :)

That same day we joined a few other folks on a glass-bottom boat, going out to a nearby sandbar while the tide was low. It was another first for both of us! This short video shows what we could see through the glass-bottom of the boat.

One of the boat guys gathered a few starfish and sea urchins, so we could see and touch them briefly. Later, while snorkeling, I saw many of that same kind of starfish.

Such a stunning starfish!

Interesting sea urchin 

You heavens, praise God. Praise him, earth.

Also ocean and all things that swim in it.

~ Psalm 69:34, Message

I love snorkeling!

One evening, I took Linet to Stilts Tree Houses to see and feed the Bush Babies (also known as Galago). They're nocturnal animals, waking up around 7pm when it gets dark. They have very sensitive and large ears, plus quite large eyes to find their prey at night. They eat insects, lizards, eggs, birds, fruit, leaves, and flowers.

Linet was a natural at feeding them, with a few small pieces of banana

During our four days at the Coast, we consumed a LOT of coconut water and meat. So, so delicious!
We bought 10 from Mohammed; he opened some for us and we also tried our hand at it.

Godwill took us to our guesthouse with his motorbike, after a lovely evening with his family.

We used a lot of tuk-tuks to get around, and ended up having this polite young man drive us a few times.