::: Christophe LeservoisierTribute :::

Dear Halewijn

As you know , my english is poor… I tried my best

Halewijn,

It's a long time we didn't talk together. We have been very near and then so far and now you leave us.

You have been a time in space, a light in life, a life force in Turkana … Today you will be a bright star in the african sky .

Our paths together have been strong, emotional, thoughtful, creative, uncompromising, passionate, full ... as was our friendship based on respect, commitment and intelligence.

You have been to me a model, an astonishment, a rarity, a human being. You opened me to the magic Turkana, the Jade Sea, which inspired the name of one of my daughters - Jade. You always surprised me, your ability to take apart an engine and work late up into the night, your practical intelligence which could be also be a purely conceptual approach, the 5 languages you spoke, your overactivity that made you go from 5 days non stop of discussions, dreams, works, mechanicals and reparations to 3 days disappearing into your room with 10 liters of milk to drink.

You have always been excessive and that is your strength and your quality, and at the same time our exasperation. We, Joyce, you and me, have been dreaming to Lobolo Springs and created Jade Sea Journeys. We have been boating from Omo River to Nabuyatom, passing through Ferguson Gulf and Central Island.

You became Kenyan and then a Turkana citizen ( Halewijn was given the name Ekidor) without denying your European origins.
You had a full life without compromise.

Even what's happened in between us, you must know that I have never forgotten what I owe you.

The only thing I'm sure, is that I will join you in the African sky. When? I don't know but for sure we shall have enough time to finish our conversations…

Joyce, Jalida and Ngalivia… I can tell you that Halewijn was a man I loved.

See you somewhere.

Christophe