The Mombasa island returns

The road and rail then moved from the bridge to the causeway, effectively shutting the waters to their respective sides, and closing the island chapter altogether. [Courtesy]

For close to 100 years, Mombasa conned the world, passing off as the island it had ceased to be, courtesy of a colonial earthen causeway that made it easier for man and machine to enter the town.

Before that, an 1899 Salisbury bridge stood over the waters, maintaining the island's integrity and allowing waters and marine life of Makupa straits to flow freely.