last stop…

This week I started working with my last student. He is the head butler / front office manager for a private villa called Serengeti House. If I was rich, I would absolutely rent this out for a family holiday – would cost close to $20,000 per night though, so that will never happen – haha!

Anyway, this student is a wonderful man – he is so enthusiastic about learning new stuff and he is already excited about some intense computer lessons – a year ago he wasn’t able to turn on a computer let alone use one!

There are so many inspirational stories like this. One of the assistant head pastry chefs here used to be a hard core poacher in this area. He was hired as a groundsman, but has worked his way up in the business and is in the top 10 people across all the lodges in terms of learning and development time! What a transformation.
Last night the guests here enjoyed a wonderful BBQ dinner with a beautiful table set-up and local dancers. Was lovely to witness the team in action and see just how special they made the family feel.

For the remaining couple of weeks, I will be doing re-visits at my first two camps, finalise all the reports and design the last workshop. Must admit that I have started counting down the days – looking forward to a two month ‘holiday’!