Pate Ruins

After traipsing through Siyu, we were driven to another village on Pate Island.  These ruins were adjacent to a township very similar to Lamu Town but not as frenetic and less densely populated.  The ruins are surrounded by banana plantations and tobacco crops.

Banana bloom.

Guides ahead of me while I keep shooting.

This may be a mosque ruin.  We didn't get too close as there was a snake alert.

Adjacent village built with coral and concrete.

Not quite the retail experience to be had in the tiny Emirate on the Gulf but ....

Tomb.

Midday prayer at the mosque.

Back of the tomb.

Brain coral in the wall.

Village graffiti next to a shop.