In just a few days, your mate, your former colleague, your nutty relative, your (very) loud lollipop lady is heading off to Africa. East Africa to be precise, a region spanning 19 countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mauritius and Ethiopa. Madagascar is one too! Remember the movie? I bet all the children crossing at Manly Village Public school do!

First stop is Mauritius, (a tiny island just to the right of Madagascar!) where I will spend ten days in my happy place at Club Med aux Canonniers, just one Club Med resort of many throughout the world, a company for whom I worked as a sailing instructor and restaurant manager many decades ago in Malaysia, Morocco, Israel, Martinique and Mexico. It’s only natural I gravitate there for some vacation time, it’s a home, far, far away from home. Mauritius used to be home to the Dodo bird too.

For those of you who know me well, this trip to Africa is a ‘very Wendy thing to do’. For those of you who looked aghast at my plans, follow me, and you’ll discover why this is indeed a ‘very Wendy thing to do’. In the true spirit of Wendy’s World, I won’t hold back in my columns, and occasionally I’m sure I will have something serious, or adult to say, which will be of absolutely no interest to younger followers, so I’ll stick a warning above to save the angst!

In the meantime… Tutaonana baadaye. (that’s swahili for see ya later).