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Photographers In Kenya By Antony Trivet Travels Kenya Documentary Photography

Lamu: Lamu beach is located in a small town called Lamu in Lamu Island which is part of the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya. Its located 341 kilometers by road Northeast of Mombasa ending at Mokowe Jetty where the sea channel is crossed by Lamu Island. The Island has its headquarters in Lamu County. It is among the few islands that are declared as UNESCO world heritage site. The Island contains Lamu Fort on part of the sea which was constructed by Fumo Madi Ibn Abi the Sultan. It was unfortunate that Madi Ibn did not finish the construction when he left to be with the lord. The construction was completed later in the 1820s by other Lamu authority, the beach is dominated with Mosques with over 23 mosques found at the Island making it one of the best religious islands in the Indian ocean. The Riyadh Mosque is the biggest and oldest built in 1900 and Donkey sanctuary.

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