Fined for trespassing but still feeling positive!

Hello everyone,

So... what has happened since our big engagement news??

Well, the news keeps coming- I just recently found out my sister is pregnant with her first baby!! So we are now extra excited about coming home!

We have been very busy lately, making our way from the Usambara mountains in Tanzania to our current home in Mombasa, Kenya. We had a great time in the mountains, spending our days hiking through picturesque villages and farmlands and having lunch at an AMAZING farm that served us homemade everything! Even homemade cheese; which was such a treat after months and months without any decent dairy products!

We then travelled with a wonderful Italian couple to a beach resort called Peponi just outside of Pangani. We lived in a cute little caravan on the beach for a few days and enjoyed a some more tanning time. Then we made our way to Tanga, a cute little town on the coast where we enjoyed VERY cheap accomodation above a bar (which was surprisingly not noisy). Did some good runs in Tanga and mostly just relaxed before our big trip to Kenya.

We had a relatively stress-free trip across the border into Mombasa and found a great hotel with a beautiful courtyard. Unfortunately the weather has been terrible here, so we have spent many a days in our room catching up on movies! We did have one annoying encounter when we were randomly walking on a beach, trying to do our own tour and got busted for being in a restricted port. We then had to pay a fine of 200 shillings. I got quite irate with the officer with a big gun but luckily he was in a good mood and didn't arrest me or anything!

Tomorrow we are off to Nairobi to spend our last few days doing track workouts with Darl's Kenyan friend and exploring the biggest, baddest city in Kenya (or so the rumour goes). I just hope it is not as bad as Dakar, Senegal or we won't be going out much!

See you all at home in less than a week!!