Kenya day 24 - Cloudy on the Beach

Today has been cloudy and warm - very pleasant - much like British summer days. I had a walk on the beach early this morning with Claire. The tide was out, but the waves were still huge on the edge of the reef.

A cave-person in a little cave under the rock on Watamu beach

Newly-hatched butterfly

The butterfly after release

The power went off mid-morning and my laptop was needed for one of the researchers, so I helped in the kitchen for a while and then did some sorting out of drawers and filing cabinets - not easy when you don't know what is actually useful...

Mid afternoon, Linda came looking for me - the butterfly had hatched out of the pupa we found in the Nature Trail a couple of days ago. She was able to catch it inside the office and release it outside.

At the end of the afternoon Peter and I went swimming and were joined by Ben and Rachel - newly arrived visitors. The tide was going out and the waves were enormous. The seabed just off the beach has some massive ridges built up by those waves, probably about 30cm deep in places. So you'd jump over a big wave and then keep on going down - rather disconcerting! - but the next step you're standing on a ridge and only waist deep in the back of the wave. Good fun, but strenuous!

Good power and decent internet this evening has made it easier to get this post written - long may it continue...