Aidan Hartley Aidan Hartley

Shooting the breeze

Aidan Hartley's Wild Life

issue 27 March 2010

Malindi, Kenya

I’m at Malindi’s Driftwood beach bar, nursing a Tusker beer. I’m gazing at the Indian Ocean. The day was hot: 110 in the shade. Now at dusk, a cool zephyr rises from the sea. The moon climbs. Lateen dhow sails puff towards the fishing grounds. The bar fills with surfers and deep-sea anglers.

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