This blog post tells of Mouton Fincham living in Mombasa, Kenya
Okay so for those who don’t know me, I am just an average guy from the North-West province of South Africa.
Then got a job in Bloemfontein in 2014.
To get somewhere in life, I had to work from 7am to 7pm for almost 2 years
which was quite though, but one day suddenly, I got the call that I am on my
way to Kenya, and here follows a short story of life in Mombasa, Kenya.
My first arrival as Depot Manager in
Mombasa was a long journey, 13 hours to be precise. Mombasa welcomed me with
extreme heat and humidity. When I stepped out of the plane, temperature of
29oC and humidity of 75% was waiting for me.
When I woke up the first morning I felt
like I was in paradise. The place where I live is called the McKenzie’s. The
owner’s wife has a passion for gardening, so there are palm trees, green bushes,
pink, white, red flowers etc. with two swimming pools and a breath taking view of
the ocean from my porch.
Mombasa if not, is one of the biggest ports
in East Africa with a figure of 1 million containers that landed in 2015.
This
makes the city very busy concerning traffic which is complete chaos. It took me
almost 3 months to adapt to the roads here.
You will find trucks, Taxi’s (we
call matatus) Tuk-Tuks, Motorcycles (which we call boda-bodas) turning a 2 lane
road into a 5 lane road.
I am a music lover, and I am currently
collecting guitars which I can’t live without. Within 2 weeks I found a small
shop which sells guitars and bought me one. So now life is very easy.
Then there is the beaches which is so
beautiful. White sands, blue waters with temperatures so warm which makes
Mombasa one of Kenya’s biggest tourist attractions. I met people from around
the world here in Mombasa, people from Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Australia,
Canada, France, Israel, Philippines, Austria, England and America.
I also went Skydiving on the South Coast
called Diani which was sooo good. We jumped on a cloudy Saturday morning at
around 11am which gave me enough time to stress before the jump. But it was one
of the best experiences I had, and if I could, I would jump every day of my
time here.
Then there is Wasini Island, where you can
book a tour that includes seeing dolphins swimming next to your boat, after
that you can go snorkelling where you can see a huge variety of fishes. And
after that you go for a lunch on the Island before heading back home.
There is a big Indian community in Mombasa
and we all know Indians love food. I was very difficult when it comes to my
food. I didn’t even ate seafood or Indian food before coming to Mombasa, but
now, it is almost my meal every weekend.
All and all, Mombasa is a very nice place to be in this stage of my life, and my only wish here is that all my family and friends can pay me a visit here. If I could, I would buy tickets for all of them.!
Thanks
Mouton.!
