Watching a donkey race festival in Lamu

The blue glistening waters call out for your touch when you arrive in Lamu. The dhows with their sails up beckon you to dare not take a sunset ride and bare witness to the most breathtaking sunset. On the shorelines, the fishermen's catch of squid with it's black ink and the droves of donkeys peak your interest of what Lamu has to offer for it's annual cultural festival.

‘My ambitions as a ridah’ fit the theme song for this year’s donkey race which featured a donkey aptly named Shakur after Tupac Shakur.