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Kenya
Fly Nairobi to Manda island, then a dhow across the channel — there are no cars on Lamu, only donkeys and boats.
A carved-door Swahili house in the old town, roof terrace catching the monsoon breeze.
The oldest living Swahili town: seven centuries of Indian Ocean trade in the alleys, dhow races, Maulidi festival processions, and time moving at donkey pace.
Sail a sunset dhow to Shela beach with a captain who will quote poetry at you.
December to March
Pole pole — slowly, slowly; the operating system of the coast.
The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah — Nobel-winning fiction of the Swahili coast.
Pate island, a dhow ride north — ruins of Swahili city-states almost no one visits.
Check current advisories for the Kenya–Somalia border region; fly in rather than driving the coast road.