ARCHIVIO 09/2020

NATURE

Watamu where turtles feel safe

LOC, a non-profit organisation committed to protecting Kenya's marine environment.

29-09-2020 di redazione

It all began in 1997 when a group of local residents from Watamu decided it was time to take action to protect sea turtles in the area and Watamu Turtle Watch was born. Fast forward to today, 21 years later, and Local Ocean Conservation

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Watamu, a paradise to discover

The beaches, nature, history and welcoming people

21-09-2020 di redazione

The beauty of nature around Watamu is the first calling card of this wonderful resort in Kenya.
Twenty kilometres before Malindi, arriving from Mombasa and Kilifi, after the...

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RECIPES

Mango fish morsels, a recipe by Watamu

"Mchuzi wa samaki na maembe", the secrets of a tasty unique Kenyan dish

17-09-2020 di redazione

Fish morsels in mango sauce.
This is a Swahili recipe particularly used in Malindi and Watamu and on the coast of Kenya, where the plants of this delicious tropical fruit abound.
Here is for you the recipe of watamukenya.net

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PRODUCTS

Watamu spices: cinnamon

Coming from Tanzania and Madagascar, a must!

15-09-2020 di redazione

Cinnamon or cinnamon is an evergreen tree of the Lauracee family, originally from Sri Lanka but widely spread throughout the East.
Today it is also cultivated in Tanzania and partly in Kenya...

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PLACES

Tree House, not only a yoga paradise

A suite resort in Watamu between well-being and adventure

13-09-2020 di redazione

Put a magnificent structure that looks like a tower designed by Gaudi in the middle of the virgin forest of Watamu, about a hundred meters from the ocean and the white long beach between Turtle Bay and Garoda.
 

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IRONY

Cianni Pino, holidays in Watamu

The return of a tourist more than Italian

11-09-2020 di redazione

I didn't want to go back to Kenya.
Not that I didn't like it, I liked it more!
I had enjoyed myself in profusion.

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RECIPES

Swahili sweet recipes: the Vikokoto

A sweet recipe with Indian origins

09-09-2020 di redazione

Visheti or Vikokoto are sweet, crunchy, sugar-coated fried dough morsels, one of the many specialities of the coastal area from Mombasa to Lamu, Kenya. They are very similar to...

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MAL D'AFRIQUE

Mal d'Afrique

Not a philosophic essay, but notes of a cronic sickness

07-09-2020 di Giorgio Ferro

Watamukenya.net remembers one of the Italians who best told about the love for this country and its contradictions

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RECIPES

Kachumbari, the Kenyan mixed salad

A few "poor" ingredients for a tasty fresh side dish

05-09-2020 di redazione

Kachumbari is a fresh and light salad very popular in East Africa, particularly in Kenya, but also in Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda. It is the perfect accompaniment to dishes, not only to meat or fish, but also to pilau rice or ugali...

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PEOPLE

Andrew Mc Naughton, the Watamu artist of recycling

He creates artworks, sculptures and design, cleaning the beach from flipflops and plastic

02-09-2020 di redazione

We live in a historical period where art, in addition to the intrinsic and historical value as bearer of beauty and stimulator of the mind, assumes an important social role; it fights for the protection of the environment and community between peoples.
Viewed this way...

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