Blogs from Southern, Mozambique, Africa - page 3

The volunteer organizers have been out of town since I’ve been here, so the other divers and I have had quite a bit of free time. Most of the group are just learning to dive, and spent the day in a classroom doing dive tables. I have been learning my fish….the fish surveys involve butterflyfish, rock cods (groupers), parrots and surgeonfish. So I learn 60 fishes for doing the surveys. I think I’ve just about got them, though. After I looked at the fish, I decided to go over to Casa Barry, the lodge where the Foundation for the Protection of Marine Megafauna is located. I was so interested to come to Tofo because of Dr Andrea Marshall and Dr Simon Pierce, manta and whale shark researchers I saw on National Geographic. Andrea Marshall came to ... read more

Day 11 – Last planned day in Mozambique. The idea was to get into Swaziland and find a place to camp. We had a lot of road to cover and little time for sightseeing. As we got closer to Maputo I started to realise that this plan was not a good one at all. Why not stay another night in Maputo instead of rushing to get out. Tommie had the same thoughts and agreement on the new plan was instant. The most interesting part of the trip was driving from the outskirts to the inner city of Maputo. It is something which you have to experience at least once, especially on a motorbike during peak traffic. I want to get one of those helmet mounted cameras for future trips. (worth capturing) We soon found a ... read more

We decided that not to travel further north, but rather spend some time in Inhassoro for two days without traveling. The 4th of April started with fantastic wheather for a change and it stayed like that for 2 days. We started the day by doing our washing after having some instant oats. These instant oats packets I can reccommend to anyone who need to travel light. Having a breakfast of some sorts makes for a good start to the day. I have to thank my wife for this brilliant idea. The washing line is something you should not forget on any trip, expecially if you travel light. We had 3 of everything, except for jeans of which I had two pairs. I could have done it with one pair. After breakfast and washing we went for ... read more

On day 7 we cover a distance of 230 km from Xai-Xai to Guinjata Bay. We are not in a hurry because it is not a long distance. Tommie got up early today to take some pictures of sunrise on the beach, the pap en wors breakfast goes down well and finally we get on our way. First we drove back into Xai-Xai for petrol and our next stop was at Quissico. We did not plan to stop here, but on the other hand, we did not plan anything, exactly for this reason. As we drove in our normal law abiding manner, within the speed limit through the town the most beautiful view of lakes and palm trees appeared on our right. The GPS indicated a camp site down there somewhere and we decided to have ... read more

If there would be only one day which we will never forget from our trip, it will be this one. The GPS showed "Deep Sand" to a certain point where the road split, and after that it showed "Off-road". I am not an experienced T4A person, but the difference in description led me to the assumption that off-road is not deep sand. Hahahaha. Anyhow, Gert and Ruben took our luggage on the Bakkie to the split in the road and we had a joll up to this point. We loaded the bikes and said our good byes to our support team. This was now my first experience with the bike fully loaded in the sand, and it was clear from the start that I had trouble coming. Tommie faithfully came to my rescue each time I ... read more