We gently slipped away from the jetty heading towards "Fort Jesus", our waiter then provided us with bittings of prawns, roasted peanuts and smoked coconut. It is a marvelous sight, Mombasa old town by night, the "Fort" lit up in all its glory and the atmosphere onboard was electric.  A couple from England who had just got married were sitting opposite us, commented "we could not have chosen a better place to spend our wedding night".

We passed the "Fort" and turned around heading for the creek, the waiter handed us a menu and we sauntered smoothly passed the Tamarind Jetty. We chose the seafood salad and tomato soup for starters, Lobster and Steak  for main course. The dhow slowed down and we moored in the creek, the smell of the food cooking on the charcoals was exquisite. The food was served and tasted divine, after eating, our waiter actually asked if we would like some more, we had desert and coffee to come, so had to decline!
After our meal, the band struck up and we unmoored and headed back up the creek, the dhow came alive and people were dancing and laughing enjoying every moment.

We were given a Keyring by our waiter with a "Dhow Eye" on it he explained it was good luck, an old tale that with this eye sailors could see ahead for any bad weather, but you see better with 2 so we must come back and get another one. We arrived back at the Tamarind Jetty at 10.30 my feet were aching from the
dancing, a truly "a truly magical" experience, every visit to the dhow gets better and better each time.
Was it a dream?It couldn't have been I woke up the next morning and still had my "Dhow Eye".

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