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EDITOR’S NOTE<br />
IT’S EASIER TO SPLURGE WHEN PAYING IN FOREIGN CURRENCY<br />
I<br />
remember my parents, my mom especially, always being avid collectors. She<br />
had this large tin that was packed with coins brought back from her travels, the<br />
fridge was always dotted with unique magnets and don’t even get me started on<br />
her collection of Asian fabrics. As I go on more trips of my own, I am realizing<br />
that I’m slowly plunging into this same sunken place, never mind that I’m actually<br />
a bit of a minimalist especially with spaces like my apartment.<br />
It’s not always the most practical souvenirs either. I never think, “I actually need a wine<br />
cork, and this hand carved one from Ubud will be just perfect.” Oh no no no. I am drawn<br />
to that heavy beaded dinosaur stuffed with ashes from an indigenous tree, blessed by<br />
the ancestors of that land and said to cure things like overthinking, lactose intolerance<br />
and gout. Never mind that it’s probably going to be way above my weight limit at the<br />
airport, and the “ashes” might be flagged as some illegal substance that gets me locked up<br />
abroad.<br />
I have prized souvenirs, too, like an antique, bohemian, Morocan coffee set that I<br />
snagged from the owner of some hole-in-the-wall restaurant that I convinced to sell to me.<br />
My box of Ethiopian coffee beans was stolen from the table in my hotel room by a colobus<br />
monkey who proceeded to jeer at me from the top of a baobab tree all afternoon. I recently<br />
got flavour-bomb spiced tea from a Zanzibari spice farm, mixes like cardamom-mangolemongrass-and-tea.<br />
I don’t even like tea or coffee.<br />
Food can make for great souvenirs too, and some of my favourites to receive have been<br />
Swiss chocolates, Turkish baklava and dates from Oman. Ever notice, though, how much<br />
easier it is to splurge on overpriced goods when you’re paying in foreign currency?<br />
Most recently, I got a miniature dhow in Lamu for Ksh 700. What a bargain! Our<br />
souvenirs for you, however, come by way of all the exciting stories and photographs we<br />
brought back from the trip, and I hope you will enjoy this <strong>issue</strong> from our all-time favourite<br />
part of Kenya.<br />
@WattaOnTheGo<br />
Wendy Watta<br />
NOMAD ISSUE 22 · OCT/NOV 2019 · PUBLISHED BY WEBSIMBA LIMITED, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<br />
MANAGING DIRECTOR MIKUL SHAH EDITOR WENDY WATTA DESIGN BRIAN SIAMBI SALES VANESSA WANJIKU DIGITAL FAITH KANJA<br />
CONTRIBUTORS SAMANTHA DU TOIT, JOE WAHOME, ANNA WUGHANGA, FAITH KANJA, MAURICE SCHUTGENS, KARANJA NZISA, OSSE GRECCA SINARE<br />
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS BRIAN SIAMBI, SEBASTIAN WANZALLA, MEHLAM AKBARALI, PETER NDUNG’U<br />
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