At the feet of the dunes, high as hills and rich of a peculiar ecosystem of vegetation, birds and small animals, you reach Nyumba Papaya, the last house in the village of Shella.
Nyumba means house in Swahili; Papaya, because it is a sacred fruit for the owner of this house, and many plants of it are here cultivated.
Nyumba Papaya has a secret heart: its garden.
High walls enclose it and protect its jungle style’s look from the strong winds.
This garden is a wide green room, with hidden corners where to seat and watch.
There is no separation from it to the house, that has all common spaces, open, so vegetation comes in and out of the columns, verandas and the terrace.
Creepers plants, tree branches and leaves of every kind pop up everywhere.
It is a garden of perfumes … white and red jasmines, frangipani and ylang ylang trees make the evening sweet.