{"id":33719,"date":"2019-03-27T01:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=33719"},"modified":"2025-03-27T00:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:40:11","slug":"henly-cook-interview-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/henly-cook-interview-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Henly, one of Intrepid&#8217;s talented cooks in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I was three weeks into my <a href=\"\/namibia\/cape-town-zanzibar-160322\">Cape Town to Zanzibar trip<\/a> when I discovered that Henry\u2019s name was actually Henly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were sitting together at The Three Monkeys Restaurant in Victoria Falls and I was trying to find him on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you spell your last name again?\u201d, I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cK.i.n.y.u.a.\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI literally can\u2019t find you on here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this, he took the phone from me and said, \u201cThis is because my first name is Henly, not Henry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WHAT? I had been calling him Henry for weeks. How could I go so wrong? And this is where I learned that \u2018r\u2019s and \u2018l\u2019s can be tricky in <strong><a href=\"\/africa\" data-wpil=\"url\">Africa<\/a><\/strong>. Names are important to me, and so, I was mortified. But, Henly flashed me the smile that he was renowned for and assured me that all was well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33730\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33730\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4365-2.jpg\" alt=\"Africa overland trip cook\" width=\"550\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4365-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4365-2-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henly and his magical beam<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is how all of us on the tour referred to Henly. The guy that just couldn\u2019t stop smiling \u2013 a true \u201cwhistle while you work\u201d type of fella. And all of us got to spend quality time with him because he held the most important position in the troop \u2013 camp cook.<\/p>\n<p>This tour was participatory camping; which meant that at some point we were going to have to be on truck duty, dishes duty or cooking duty. Henly was the hub of this. The kitchen is generally the epicenter of the home and the same rang true for the camp. Whether we were setting up the kitchen or drying the dishes, chopping the vegetables or fetching water, Henly was there, with a calm sense of command and an ever-present smile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/africa\" data-wpil=\"url\"><strong>EXPLORING INTREPID&#8217;S RANGE OF AFRICA ADVENTURES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33726\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33726\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/florence-and-Henly-cooking-on-an-overturned-Mokoro-Okavango.jpg\" alt=\"Africa overland trip cook\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/florence-and-Henly-cooking-on-an-overturned-Mokoro-Okavango.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/florence-and-Henly-cooking-on-an-overturned-Mokoro-Okavango-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/florence-and-Henly-cooking-on-an-overturned-Mokoro-Okavango-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/florence-and-Henly-cooking-on-an-overturned-Mokoro-Okavango-585x328.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cooking on an overturned mokoro in Botswana&#8217;s Okavango Delta<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With Henly we made fried kale, kudu steaks, beans, lamb chops, fried rice, pork chops, salads of varying kinds and ugali (cornmeal paste from Henly\u2019s Kenyan home). Without us, Henly typically made breakfast because we were pathetic. While he was whipping up crepes and French toast, boiling water for tea and frying eggs and bacon; we were sleepily rolling up tents and hauling our gear onto the truck.<\/p>\n<p>An alarm clock was not necessary. Henly, and our driver Ben, were on task in the wee hours as we had many early starts. We would be nudged out of sleep by their gentle murmuring, and the occasional (maybe purposeful) clang of a pot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/adventures\/intrepid-driver-interview\/\"><strong>MEET BEN, THE KIND-HEARTED DRIVER WHO HAS BEEN WITH INTREPID FOR 15 YEARS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33728\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33728\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Henly-bartering-for-tomatoes-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon.jpg\" alt=\"Africa overland trip cook\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Henly-bartering-for-tomatoes-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Henly-bartering-for-tomatoes-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Henly-bartering-for-tomatoes-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Henly-bartering-for-tomatoes-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henly bartering for tomatoes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I asked Henly if he ever missed his family while being on the road. The guides, cook and driver can be away from home for close to 100 days at a time \u2013 48 days one way, 48 days back home. He said at the beginning it was hard and he missed everyone. This was his 12<sup>th<\/sup> year working for Intrepid as a cook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get used to it,\u201d he said, \u201cI have made a new family, the one you make on the road. People on the road start to look for me if I\u2019ve been at home too long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/subscribe\" data-wpil=\"url\"><strong>SUBSCRIBE TO INTREPID&#8217;S NEWSLETTER FOR TRAVEL DEALS, GIVEAWAYS, TIPS &amp; STORIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watching Henly set up shop along the road and in various camps was something to behold. He had such ease at making a kitchen at every stop, whether we were diverted to a new lunch spot because elephants had taken ours, or in a bush camp in the middle of nowhere. It\u2019s hard to imagine a time where this would have all been new.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33732\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33732\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/One-of-our-lunch-stops-in-the-middle-of-nowhere.jpg\" alt=\"Africa overland trip cook\" width=\"550\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/One-of-our-lunch-stops-in-the-middle-of-nowhere.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/One-of-our-lunch-stops-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lunch stop in the middle of nowhere<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But he was nervous on the first few trips. Beyond cooking, the cook has to stay within a budget and negotiate the ever-changing demands of those with special diets, which meant that he was often cooking more than one version of the same meal. But Intrepid was careful to grow the experience in stages. He was put on 1-week tours for 2 years, a year doing 2-week tours, and then, in year 3, embarked on the epic <strong><a href=\"\/namibia\/kenya-cape-town-160318\">Kenya to Cape Town<\/a><\/strong> tour.<\/p>\n<p>I found myself wondering how people get themselves into these types of jobs. When I was in high school, all my guidance counsellor had for me was \u2018teacher-nurse-lawyer-accountant\u2019 options. Bleh. Where was the little box that said, \u201cCook on Epic Overland Journey\u201d?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/adventures\/africa-overland-tours-truck-guide\/\"><strong>READ MORE: 9 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE AN AFRICAN OVERLAND ADVENTURE WITH INTREPID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33731\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33731\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/me-photo-bombing-Henly-at-the-Market-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon.jpg\" alt=\"Africa overland trip cook\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/me-photo-bombing-Henly-at-the-Market-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/me-photo-bombing-Henly-at-the-Market-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/me-photo-bombing-Henly-at-the-Market-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/me-photo-bombing-Henly-at-the-Market-CREDIT-Rob-Lendon-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buying ingredients at a market<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Henly spent 1.5 years at the Nairobi Cooking School, learning exactly this. He had an uncle that worked in tourism and would tell magical stories of the places that he saw and the people he met. Henly imagined a world outside his own 4 walls and took the steps to make it happen. He wanted to see Namibia and found Spitzkoppe to be his favourite spot. I can\u2019t argue with him there. Namibia was also the reason I ventured to Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/adventures\/namibia-travel-feature\/\"><strong>READ MORE: I VISITED 7 AFRICAN COUNTRIES ON 1 INTREPID TRIP; HERE&#8217;S WHY I LOVED NAMIBIA MOST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Henly and I were sitting on the truck one steamy Malawian night, the stars were starting to appear, my group had dispersed to sit on the beach or have a Savannah cider in the bar. I had all the windows open on the truck, trying to catch a breeze. I was sitting at the table, taking advantage of the truck lights to catch up on some writing. And, that\u2019s when I took the opportunity to chat with Henly about life.<\/p>\n<p>It was the perfect set-up to wax poetically about life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever your dreams are,\u201d he said, \u201cfollow them. When you wake up in the morning, you have only two options: wake up and chase your dream, or, second choice, go back to sleep and keep dreaming your dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I asked him what was the biggest highlight on any of the trips that he has made around Africa. Not surprisingly it took place in <strong><a href=\"\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a><\/strong>; the truck got stuck.<\/p>\n<p>He regaled me with a tale of 22 travellers, all trying to figure out how to get the truck unstuck, in the middle of nowhere. Eventually, everyone gave up and slept on the truck.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31216\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31216\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Me-and-the-truck-on-the-road-in-Namibia.jpg\" alt=\"Africa overland tours\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Me-and-the-truck-on-the-road-in-Namibia.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Me-and-the-truck-on-the-road-in-Namibia-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Me-and-the-truck-on-the-road-in-Namibia-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Me-and-the-truck-on-the-road-in-Namibia-585x328.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Intrepid truck&#8230; or home for the night?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I laughed, \u201cThat\u2019s a highlight? It sounds like a struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But no. He said that him and the driver knew they had to take some sort of action, so they walked 2 km to a small farm owned by a San Bushman. The Bushman couldn\u2019t speak English, but after many charades, Henly and the driver returned with 4 horses. They hooked up the horses to the truck and heaved it out of the mud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the day that I truly knew the meaning of horsepower!\u201d, he laughed. It was clear that Henly had pride in solving this problem, which I\u2019m sure gave all those on board a phenomenal story in which to remember the Namibian outback.<\/p>\n<p>Henly wants to get married and have kids one day, but for now he\u2019s content chasing his dream as he ambles around <strong><a href=\"\/africa\" data-wpil=\"url\">Africa<\/a> <\/strong>with Intrepid. He says he\u2019s \u201cproud to be Intrepid\u201d, as I think any of us that take on one of these journeys are. He considers the people he works with family, and feels heard and supported by them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33727\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33727\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Henly-and-I.jpg\" alt=\"Africa overland trip cook\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Henly-and-I.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Henly-and-I-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Henly<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It takes a special person to take on a job like this. Constantly changing situations, new faces, early mornings, long truck days, distance from friends and family. But Henly seems to take it all in stride, with a happy disposition and a bizarre well of energy that I wish I could tap into.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe smile you have at the start of the day,\u201d he said, \u201clet it be the same smile at the finish of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Couldn\u2019t have said it better myself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/africa\" data-wpil=\"url\"><strong>Join Henly and crew on an incredible adventure through Africa with Intrepid Travel.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Image credits from top to bottom: Carla Powell x3, Rob Lendon, Carla Powell, Rob Lendon, Carla Powell x2. All photos taken on Intrepid&#8217;s <a href=\"\/namibia\/cape-town-zanzibar-160322\">Cape Town to Zanzibar adventure<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He says he\u2019s \u201cproud to be Intrepid\u201d, as I think any of us that take on one of these journeys are. 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