Happy new year!!!

The past year has indeed, been blessed. I would not change anything about it at all. I had the most amazing holiday by far, but let's face it. My holidays have been so much fun with (you) in it. Going to Katima Mulilo in the North-Eastern part of Namibia was awesome the 12-hour ride was daunting but I would do it again in a heartbeat.

I don't know how to explain the experience. My stay in a foreign home town has never been blessed. For nine days we stayed at a guest house, had fun by the Mighty Zambezi River and no, I did not go swimming... Who would, with all the hippos and crocs in the water. Went as far as Zambia, aah absolute bliss. It has been a while since I did something absolutely new and out of my comfort zone, everything was absolutely new to me.

How can I forget, the culture man.? Oh my, word! I love this town, the fish culture (I mean fish everywhere). At the open market, the restaurants, the river (lol), the mini take away, home, I mean literally fish in your face all the time.

I could not begin to narrate my entire experience, where to start? I mean it is evident in my writing that my thoughts are all over the place. OK, let me get something out, that is well written and thought of. Who am I kidding? Bahahahah... OK, OK, here goes.

Katima Mulilo is a really lovely place. Humid and green, one could agree that it is a mini Walvis Bay. The people are amazing and hard working. The most impressive is their ability to communicate in English, most of the people are it young or old have an impressive level of spoken English. Knowing that most of the Oshiwambo speaking people do not know how to speak English. One can not help but be amazed.

Katima Mulilo is a fast-growing town so I have heard, you will not find beautifully structured buildings but that is OK. For Coffee lovers, there is a Bistro, really old and vintage-ish place. Had my first breakfast there, the service is a little slow yet OK for a small town cafe. For dinner I tried out river fish, pap and five years which we had at a local restaurant (Passione) and my favorite all-time food place was a mini African restaurant, that had the most awful color inside (lime green), reminded me more of an African movie restaurant.

Been to Zambia too, yes Zambia. I did not like the long lines at the immigration offices,  but the Zambian officers were pretty alright. An incident happened on our return to Namibia, were the Namibian immigration officer (black for that matter) tells my boyfriend to remove his hat so he can identify, the picture in his passport to the person standing in front of him. Mind you, just before my boyfriend ( a white man with a cap stood just before us, and never did this officer ask him to remove his cap) my boyfriend did not take this lightly. But, anyway, that is a story for another.

Now, I forgot to share how much I devoured them mangoes, my word! Every house had mangoes. On the tree on the ground, I mean everywhere.

The plus side to all this is that spending Christmas with my boyfriend was a total blessing, oh ya. I will jump to the opp if it presents itself.

The new year is here and it is a happy one. Be Blessed always!!!!