While I was in Watamu for Christmas, I went to a city called Malindi. That was a place that Vasco De Gama landed on his journey to India. He needed to go to open up the only known trading route to Asia which wasn't blocked by the Muslims. When he sailed up the coast of Africa he landed first in Mombassa. The people there did not want him to land there, so he moved on up the coast until he got to Malindi. The people on Malindi were more hospitable than the people in Mombassa so they let him stay for awhile. He and his men built a small church that is still there today. When I went to Malindi I saw the point where Vasco De Gama landed. It is marked by a pillar with the portuguese set of arms.
By Eliot
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