Mombasa travels to the Swahili Coast and made some mention of the city, although he only stayed one night. He noted that the people of Mombasa were Shãfi'i Muslims, religious people, trustworthy and righteous. Their mosques are made of wood, expertly built. The exact founding date of the city is unknown, but it has a long history. Kenyan school history books place the founding of Mombasa as 900 A.D. It must have been already a prosperous trading town in the 12th century, as the Arab geographer Al Idrisi mentions it in 1151. The oldest stone mosque in Mombasa, Mnara, was built
One-Way Ticket to Mombasa girl, met at the high school. Together with Jusa, they go to Lapland where Kata has her summer job. In Jusa's wild company, Pete experiences something which he never felt before as they decide to take a trip to Mombasa via Lapland, together with Kata, as this is the last Jusa's wish before his death. Jusa will never see the dreamed beach of Mombasa, as he dies, in company of Kata and Pete, on a Finnish beach, but not before having experienced love for the first time thanks to Kata and Pete's complicity... One-Way Ticket to Mombasa One-Way Ticket to