Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Beached Jahazis- Shela beach, Lamu Island, Kenya.

Two beached Jahazis at Shela town beach, Lamu Island in Kenya.

Jahazis are used for in-shore fishing and local inter-island transport within the Lamu archipelago. They are small versions of the big coastal trading dhows that have been used in the region for a thousand years or more, and are still hand crafted out of local hardwood to this day

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