September 23, 2026 · admin_destinationsplug
On the beaches of Lamu and Zanzibar, dhows are still built the way they have been for centuries — by hand, by eye and by memory.
The craft is passed from one generation to the next, and so is the knowledge that comes with it: how the monsoon winds turn, which timbers hold in salt water, how a hull should sit when fully loaded.
Spend an afternoon at a boatyard and you begin to understand how deeply the ocean shapes life along this coast, and how travel here has always moved at the speed of the wind.