The harbour at Lamu Island.Lamu town already existed in the 14th and 15th centuries and flourished more recently between 1650 and 1900.The town is said to have been founded by one or more royal immigrants from the Arabian or Persian regions on the Caliphate.
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The harbour at Lamu Island.Lamu town already existed in the 14th and 15th centuries and flourished more recently between 1650 and 1900.The town is said to have been founded by one or more royal immigrants from the Arabian or Persian regions on the Caliphate.In culture, Lamu belongs to the distinctive civilisation called Swahill.
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The waterfront of the sheltered, natural harbour of Lamu Island.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD. The islands importance lies in the fact that it has the only certain source of sweet groundwater in the entire district.
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A mashua sails into the sheltered, natural harbour of Lamu Island.Dhow is the colloquial word used by most visitors for the wooden sailing ships of the East African coast although in reality a dhow is a much larger ocean going vessel.
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The waterfront of the sheltered, natural harbour of Lamu Island.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD. The islands importance lies in the fact that it has the only certain source of sweet groundwater in the entire district.The town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001 because it is the oldest and best preserved Swahili settlement i
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Dhows sailing off Lamu Island.Dhow or Dau is the colloquial word used by most visitors for the wooden sailing ships of the East African coast although in reality a dhow is a much larger ocean going vessel than either the medium sized Jahazi or smaller mashua fishing boats that are commonly seen at Lamu.
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A wooden sailing boat off Lamu Island. The island's inhabitants are fine sailors.
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Lamu waterfront at night.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD. The island's importance lies in the fact that it has the only certain source of sweet groundwater in the entire district.
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Young boys paddle a brightly painted Sese canoe off Dunga Beach, situated on the shores of Lake Victoria near Kisumu.This style of wooden boat they use is called a Sese canoe after Ugandas Sese island archipelago where the inhabitants built boats of that design.
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