Malindi

Malindi is a town lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. Malindi has a tropical savanna climate (As in the Köppen climate classification). The area shows classic examples of Swahili architecture. Malindi developed as part of Swahili Civilization in the 5th–10th centuries. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama met Malindi authorities in 1498 to sign a trade agreement and hire a guide for the voyage to India, when he erected a coral pillar. During World War II Malindi was one of only two towns in East Africa bombed by the Italians. This happened on 24 October 1940. After the World War II Malindi began developing into a resort. Malindi is home to the Malindi Airport and Broglio Space Centre (the previous San Marco Equatorial Range). Gallery In popular culture Novel “MALI D’AFRICA” (by Sara Cardelli) describes the impossible love in Malindi. Most of the events in the novels “Once in Malindi” and “Our Wild Sex in Malindi” (by Andrei Gusev) take place in Malindi, Watamu, Lamu. The novels describe a few years living in Malindi of Russian writer Andy and his wife Jennifer, who was born in Kenya. Song “Yasoi Malindi” by Yasoy Kala Kana. Related pages Ruins of Gedi (near Malindi) Vasco da Gama Pillar References