On our second last day at Watamu we went to Gede Ruins which is the remains of a Swahili town along the coast which has origins back to the 12th century. Sometime in the 16th century this place was abandoned for reasons unknown (several reasons have been given).
Anyway, we walked up the drive and fed the Sykes monkeys on the way with bananas which we bought especially for the tour.
This was our tour guide Pili.
One ran up Zara to grab the banana!
There are remains of mosques, palaces & houses in the ruins.
Excavation between 1948-1958 revealed the Muslim inhabitants there traded with people from all around the world. During this excavation they found scissors from Spain, Ming vase & coins from China, beads from Venice & an iron lamp from India.
This place was very, very impressive!
Recently a treehouse has been constructed there in one of the trees but we did not go up.
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