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The Tamarind Dhows "Nawalilkher" and “Babulkher” are authentic ocean going jahazis (traditional Arab sailing boats), formerly used for cargo trading along the Kenyan Coast and to the Arab States. The ...

If you hadn’t already noticed, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner – Monday to be precise.  I know this, having had it as my birthday all my life (yes, really – all of it!). 

Many people might consider me a very lucky woman: I grew up on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, a place of soft breezes, glorious sun and endless beaches. But to be honest, the coast has never excited me much. Faraway grass is always greener, as they say, and I couldn’t see what all the foreign fuss was about. Recently, however, I decided to step outside myself and take a trip to the coast as a visitor. It was a mind-blowing experience, a little like a rebirth, as I discovered and rediscovered hidden gems in the place I call home.

There are constant murmurs from within Kenyas tourism fraternity, and from the outside too, that in particular the beach resorts along the coast line have gone stale and tired and need some fresh impetus, fresh ideas, fresh investments, renewed focus and perhaps a new national vision and strategy for this important market segment.