Zambia | Booze Cruise

Kiesza - Hideaway

And so everyone... The story of the beginning of my obsession with the sun goes a little something like this... Setting – Zambia, the Zambezi River. Chilling in a boat with giraffe on my right and to my left, a very relaxed-looking crocodile eyeing its prey near the boat. Coming towards me, a smiling tourist with a glass of wine in hand and behind Caro’s voice, chatter and giggles from our fellow Booze Cruise passengers.

Zambia | New Adventures

Asa - Eye Adaba

I reckon it’s about time! About time I shared some of my travel experiences. A single picture can tell a thousand words but sometimes, only sometimes, pictures fail to reveal all the drama behind the snap. So while there will definitely be pictures in these travel posts, there will be a whole lot more reading than going through pictures. So grab a cup of tea or coffee, or a glass of wine if you may and feast your eyes on my first flight out of South Africa to beautiful Zambia.

Gold Skies

Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix, DVBBS - Gold Skies

Photographer - Marelize Smit

When I got onto the boat that day I had no idea it was the beginning of one of my long-lived obsessions. My friend and I had booked the “Booze Cruise” for some sun downers in a boat in the Zambezi River where our mischievous tour guide had promised us the best sunset in Africa. I had seen many a sunset before this day but never gave the beauty of the setting sun the admiration it deserves. And since that day I have been clicking away at sunsets and sunrises out of pure gratitude for their physical beauty and the representation of an ending and new beginning.  So for this week’s post I thought I’d take advantage of one of nature’s most beautiful displays in a field not too far from where I stay.

My "scents" worth

The Temptations - My Girl

Photographer - Marelize Smit

Those who follow my Facebook page and @AsiLily on Twitter will remember me going ooon and on about creating my own fragrance a couple of weeks ago. So in order to give you sound feedback, I thought I’d splash myself with all that melon goodness for a couple of weeks, then only fill you in on the story of how inspiration from Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle met watermelon, clean cotton and rain.