Great days at Pearl Beach

For the second day of our 4 day outing Robert had reserved a very interesting tour. 
We set out at 07:30, with our driver Omar. We went to the south and got some more impressions of the very Liberia-look-alike landscape. Along the road there were mango- plan- tations, scattered cashewnut trees, and coconut palm plantations. 

We went to the village of Shimoni; formerly a place where slaves were being kept- in cold and wet caves, before they were shipped to Zanzibar, by Arab ( and some Portugese) slave traders.
From Shimoni we went by boat to see dolphins and after that to two different spots for snorkling and seeing the coral reef fishes- beautiful! (In the process we badly burnt the insides of our knees!) 

 After the trip we got a very very good sea-food lunch, with crab and fish and seaweed, just great. Then a short walk over the island, visit the school and a good view of the mangrove-area. 






On the way back the crew made the greatest (jazzy) music ever on old oil drum, a chest and an empty bottle, singing along, amazing!  

 At home we spotted the golden Oriole...

and Jelleke also relaxed...