Confessions from my first spa treatment

Spar treat: Charles on the massage level.
Spar treat: Charles on the massage level.

As a guest of Namibia Airports Company, Staff Writer, THALEFANG CHARLES was gifted his inaugural massage at the Nomad African Spa in Windhoek, an experience filled with ‘conflicting’ feelings

“Welcome to Nomad African Spa. Please proceed to the changing room and take off all your clothes. Put on the gown and flip-flops in there,” said Mariane Akwenye, the spa owner.

She said it with a slight naughty girl smile on her face. But instead it sent bouts of jitters through me.

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