The Outsider Within

By Zaza Dentu

The Outsider Within

Jetting into Paradiso; “Prepare for landing” said the voice over the loud speaker. The plane was descending for landing and all she was seeing was water, no land. She began to panic wondering what the heck she was going to do if this was a hoax invitation ....... Daily Routine in Paradiso; She always kept a tiny wireless radio with her on her travels from which she would tune in to the BBC World Service anytime anyway.The BBC also kept her informed with events far away in London town, her beloved city. She won’t go out of her way to find out who was spending the night with the bachelor next door. She however knew about his sleeping arrangements from her students. While all foreigners are outsiders, all outsiders are not necessarily foreigners. It is the outsider who locals see as a threat ....... Memorable Shopping Trips; Tina still remembers when one of her shopping guides was attacked for “siding with the foreigner.” Tina’s most memorable shopping trip was to buy fresh fish from the beach. Her “fishy encounter” as she now calls it. The fishermen had seen so much money in her bag and had decided they must have some of it, by fair or foul means. At this dangerous point where she was outnumbered and petrified, she asked the driver to move the car to the police station. Her colleagues from the office joined her at the Police Station. The fish was lying beside them wrapped in newspapers ...... Naughty Empregados; Tina employed four Empregardos [Portuguese for houseboy or domestic staff]. With one Empregado she made it ‘three stripes and you are out’ The second Empregado was covered in so much bling she named him ‘L Archie.’ She hired a female Empregado. She had a very dirty habit of collecting stuff from the rubbish dump. The last Empregado had a plan. Empregado antics had left Tina feeling unsafe and insecure in her home ....... Class of 2010; Tina’s girls fell into three groups but she loved them all. The first group [A] were highly academic, grounded and of course still hot, sexy and beautiful. The second group [B] was tagging along quietly academically. Their hot, sexy and beautiful bodies were their best assets. The third group [C] was only looking forward to their expensive graduation beach parties. They knew how to dress to flatter their hot, sexy and beautiful bodies, which were the only assets they had. However the free fall sex games played out in the open under Paradiso’s religious skies was stranger than fiction ...... Moments of Sheer Vanity; Tina had gone to Paradiso hoping to enjoy the proverbial sun, sea, and sand [sex]. Their eyes met and then her body went into freeze mode. He didn’t seem to be chatting to anyone. Then the potbelly man on the Guesthouse patio beckoned Tina to come. She accepted the drinks offer to keep this man off her back ........ Jetting out of Paradiso; It was time for Tina to leave and it felt right to be leaving. She was homesick, depressed, scared and tired. It was time for Tina to execute her exit plan. She must first say farewell to Nairobi, one of her favorite cities in the world. The man said, “If you have been on this earth and have not been to Kenya, you haven’t lived.” “Prepare for take off” quick and sharp was the tone of the voice.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zaza Dentu
• Release date: Apr 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370253326

Zaza Dentu

Zaza A Dentu was born in West Africa and educated in the UK. She is a Writer, Author & Publisher. and a trained FE Lecturer. She is a Volunteer and Speaker for Diabetes Sugar Check. Her main interests are Teaching Tourism, Writing & Publishing, Travelling & Touring and Volunteering. Email: [e-mail]

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The Outsider Within

Published by Zaza A Dentu at Smashwords

Copyright 2017 Zaza A Dentu

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Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Smashwords for enabling me share my travel tales with the world.

I wish to thank the management and staff of UCM for the opportunity, love and care.

Thank you to Macdonald, Dercio, Felix, Mona Lisa, Yazida, Sumeia, Esmena, Helena, and my class of 2010 groups for making teaching in Pemba a worthy experience for me.

For All Solo Female Travelers

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE …………….... Jetting into Paradiso

CHAPTER TWO ……………. Daily Routine in Paradiso

CHAPTER THREE …………. Memorable Shopping Trips

CHAPTER FOUR …………… Naughty Empregados

CHAPTER FIVE ……………. Class of 2010

CHAPTER SIX ……………… Moments of Sheer Vanity

CHAPTER SEVEN ………….. Jetting out of Paradiso

"The world is a book

And those who do not travel

Only read a page"

Said by St Augustine

CHAPTER ONE

Jetting into Paradiso

Prepare for landing said the voice over the loud speaker. Tina checked to see if she still had her seat belt fastened. She always keeps her seat belt fastened on for the whole journey, only taking it off to go to the washroom. The flight had been trouble free and smooth unlike most of her previous short haul flights within Africa on small planes. Most of her flights now are long haul in big planes. The tall, quiet, roomy superjumbo Airbus A380 and the classy Boeing 747. She looked out of the window and all she could see was water. Her heart began to beat very fast as she looked further and still saw only water and more water. It was Tina’s first time in over 25 years on a small plane and the horrible feeling she had about small planes was coming back. The plane was descending for landing and all she was seeing was water, no land and still more water. She began to panic. We are not crash landing in the sea she muttered to herself. She looked around and wondered why there was no hysteria on the plane. All was quite as with every landing moment. No one recognized her state of mind and the agony she was going through. Tina was so convinced the plane was crash landing in the sea. Then as the plane took a right turn into touched down for the runway she saw the small piece of land sticking out of the water. It was then that she began to take in the breathtaking view of the Indian Ocean and the white sandy beaches of Paradiso. She was on board a small SAA plane with about 18 passengers from Johannesburg to Pemba. The flight time was two hours with an all male crew of three, two pilots and one steward. There were only two women on board, Tina and a woman with her toddler son, the only child on board. Most of the men appeared to be returning to work and were all western Europeans, Canadians and Americans except for two Chinese men. The men were working with the numerous charities and the oil companies operating from Pemba. The only two Chinese men on board seated right in front of Tina looked like first time travelers to Pemba. They were clinging on to their cameras and looking out of the windows in amazement at the greenish blue waters with golden sparkles flowing calming around the wet grey rocks below.

The plane landed without a hitch and the passengers had a short walk from the tarmac into a tiny arrivals hall where they were greeted by Health and Immigration officers. The officers were warm, welcoming the passengers in English. They were obviously