Skywatch 2004-05-25 and 2004-05-27
Southern Sky from Malindi -Kenya

Sudden desire for the Southern Sky and better Weather
The weather in May in Austria was from any point of view not very friendly. Except a few hours, which we could use for comet watching, it was cloudy and rainy. On Saturday the 22nd it was to much! My wife Francis and i went to the airport to see the offerings for last minute vacations to countries were better weather should be. There was one "Last minute" offer for KENYA for 2 weeks for more or less "nothing". The point was to fly the next day and its rainy season these days. No problem at all, the telescope and EQ-5 travelmount were disassembled and packed in a few minutes, Francis took care about the other things you need when you goto the equator. And 24 hour later we were in the air on route to Watamu-Beach south of Malindi in Kenya. Believe it or not, the weather was completely different from the Austrian weather!  Sunshine,  no clouds, very warm and blue sea.