Blogs from Southern, Mozambique, Africa - page 15

i must be quick, i have 4 remaining minutes. i have a mozambique cell number for anyone wishing to speak to me while i am here. it is (00258) 829874034. the 00258 is the country code. it is a cell so it may be necessary to dial +258 instead of 00258, then my number? but i don't think so. it is much cheaper to call from the usa than it is to call to it. if it is cheap enough for you feel free to ring. chau ps. i will hopefully update blog soon!!... read more

I like to spend some time in Mozambique The sunny sky is aqua blue And all the couples dancing cheek to cheek It's very nice to stay a week or two And maybe fall in love just me and you “Datz mah co-co-nuht!” The woman yells at Tony from two huts down. Tony looks down at the coconut on the table outside our hut and points. “Datz MINE!” she yells again. “Well, then take it,” Tony yells back. The woman briskly walks past us, muttering and hunched over, a string of surely bad wishes in Portugese, leaving her alleged coconut in our possession. Apparently in some developing African countries, real estate purchases come with a slight twist. You can go in and buy the right to the land, but the trees on the property still belong ... read more

So this is the first chance I've had in a while to update things. Currently I am in Maputo, Mozambique. This is a very pleasant city, lots of tropical plants, large trees with overhanging branches, old aesthetic buildings of Portuguese infuence. Not huge and asphyxiating like Johannesburg. Of course, there is the typical African street markets, beggars, trash strewn about, etc. But I have to say, that I am becoming more accustomed to all of that. For better or worse, it doesn't seem as unusual or dramatically discouraging to see dirty, shoeless children rooting through broken glass to find something of value. Certainly everywhere has its destitute, America is no exception, but it just seems to be overwhelming here. Anyhow, when I last signed off I was on the way to Durban. I ended up spending ... read more

Southern Mozambique (All hostel recommendations etc are at the end of this blog) So this was our final stint in Africa and it certainly didn't disappoint. After a very brief stay in Maputo we were wedged onto a bus at 4.30 am until it was full and then they crammed on about ten more locals and we all headed in one coalesced lump for Tofu about eight hours North along the coast. Tofu Tofu has become somewhat of a diving mecca. One of our reasons for going there is that you are virtually guarenteed to see whale sharks all year round and that is the one thing we've been hunting all over the world in all the 'Guaranteed-to-see' places which we seem to turn into 'Not so much as a fin sighting' places! So, somewhat predictably, ... read more

Mozambique was an absolute blast as expected. Our trip had three purposes; firstly to relax a bit, secondly to serve as a week of saying farewell to our friends and family and lastly as a place to do our commitment ceremony. Unfortunately as a result of logistics and circumstances, we could not get everyone that we wanted to be present to be there. There was a shortage of space and flights. We had 21 people in total and it was still an amazing week. We arrived on the 21st of July, with our parents, roz, Cailen and Bernhard´s sister, Ingrid. For the first three days the weather was not that good, but not terrible either. Not much happened in the first three days, except for good seafood and general laziness. On Wednesday, most of the group ... read more