Waiting in the car park that doubles up as a bus stop in Manzini, Swaziland, I passed an entertaining hour watching a master class in packing, with the luggage destined for Mozambique slowly, and seemingly quite precariously, being piled higher and higher. We'd left the hostel around 6.30am, catching a minibus that took us as far as the next main minibus stop, and from there we'd squeezed into another van heading for Manzini. There the van driver waved us off with instructions to 'head for the old KFC' - of course life would have been far to easy if the bus [View Full Entry]

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Hi! It's been quite some time since my last post. I've been wanting to add more pictures from Nambiia to the site, but the uploading has failed everytime. So, I can only hope that when I try to add my new pictures from Mozambique, they'll load properly. But now, I'd like to fill you in on what I've been up to. This past week I've been in Mozambique. We had a few days off school for public holidays so a few of my housemates and I decided to skip a couple of days of school and make a holiday of it. [View Full Entry]

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After all the visa hassles we finally found ourselves in Mozambique, in a little town called Metangula on the shore of lake Malawi. Tourism is at its infancy/almost non-existant here, it took is 3 days of travelling including a very pleasant train journey from Cuamba to Nampula to get near the east coast... the views from the train were spectacular and we had a cabin with fold down "beds" (more shelves really, but was the height of luxury compared to our usual modes of transport!) at every stop it was bedlam on the platform as people desperately tried to load and [View Full Entry]

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Mozambique: -We wanted to walk to the bus station but hostel manager tells us that it is safe, but he never brings anything with him. He won’t even wear shoes and they still tackle him, hold him down, and search him for money. He says its fine because most of the time they apologize. This guy does not look like a prime target by any means; he is missing three of his front teeth, kind of looks like a meth head. We have a hard time explaining to him that it is difficult for us to explain to the thief that [View Full Entry]

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I do not have time to post a lengthy entry, but I will explain the pictures I am posting, and the video that probably will not make it due to its size. Gaining my name back, Peace Corps style. I believe I explained this in my last entry, and since I know that everyone reads every word I write here, there is no need to explain it again. That sign is taped to my front door. I built a book shelf. Like all my other home improvement projects, it took about 4 times as long as it should have, it looks [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Africa! I’m alive and doing well. (Although, I did accidentally swallow about a liter of a muddy African river a few days ago, but more on that later). Starting out on this trip, I honestly thought I’d find wi-fi hotspots in the hostels we would be staying at and maybe even at the bush camps, which are pretty substantial. But guess what I discovered? Africa, is not like midtown Manhattan! Who knew? If you’ve written to me and I haven’t responded, I’m trying, I promise. I am currently in Durban, South Africa, which is a real city where getting [View Full Entry]

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Photos of Mozambique Holiday [View Full Entry]

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Not a long entry today but just a few pictures. I spent the last 4 days in town where my organization is setting up a group of people that will do the same thing as the group of peple I work with in my town. Natually, I was called upon to offer my expertise, so I relinquished and helped with the 4 day training. At the end, each participant graduated and was officially crowned "peer educator". A training in Mozambique is slightly different than a training in the States, in the sense that the participants periodically interrupt the training sessions with [View Full Entry]

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Happy Easter everybody. We are currently in the beach town of Tofo, still on the southern coast of Mozambique. I appreciate all the messages people send me, and emails, and facebook posts, etc. In other words, I like the attention. We have spent 8 nights here, and are leaving for the capital city of Maputo tomorrow. Tofo is a popular travel destination for South Africans, and right now is spring holidays for both Mozambique and South Africa. Needless to day the place is littered with tourists, though it is more of a destination for families than for backpackers at the moment. [View Full Entry]

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Bom Dia!! Quite a crazy last week or so, and I thought I would let everyone at home know about it. After a night in Blantyre, Malawi, we took off for the country of Mozambique. After a 3 hour minibus ride, we had a reasonably problem free border crossing. The main difference with Mozambique is that we were leaving an English speaking country and entering a country where Portuguese is the ONLY language they speak, especially away from touristy areas. Will and I also have the unfortunate habit of entering countries without any money, and it was a habit we didnt [View Full Entry]

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