Botanical gardens part two

This is known as a travellers palm as water traps in the leaves of the palm and if you were travelling and needed water you could just cut into the leaves and drink the water with a straw.




A boda boda, the commonest way of getting around. you need to negotiate the price however before you get on to make sure you are paying the proper fare and not the 'muzungu' one.




The last two photos are of the bird on the beach (I was tempted to write that caption on the photo of Marilyn in the last blog but I value my peace too much). This is a huge bird, which we were told the name of but have forgotten, which stood nicely on the beach and posed for the photos. They are quite impressive especially with their wings open.