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nanu nickama - nanu nickama | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=84104] | 2006-08-30 10:21:57
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I left Ilha de Mocambique with a view to arriving in Pemba as early as possible. The beach there was supposed to be fantastic. I took a minibus taxi from Ilha de Mocambique to a small village about an hour away. I was informed that I would be able to get a bus from there to Pemba. I spent about two hours standing around before the coach to Pemba arrived. It was packed full of people so I had to stand. A guy who was standing next to me asked what language I was speaking while I was on the phone [View Full Entry]
I started the long journey north, with a 9 hour bus journey to Beira. I had to leave Vilankulo at 4 in the morning, which was pretty painful. Little did I know that this was to become a regular thing. The bus journey was fairly uncomfortable but I made it to Beira by mid afternoon. Due to the fact that the Mozambican government had decided to change it's currency that weekend, none of the ATM's were working and as it was a Sunday the Bureaux de Change were also closed. I was therefore penniless. Mozambique was proving to be a lot [View Full Entry]
nanu nickama - nanu nickama | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 22 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=83391] | 2006-08-23 16:16:40
I arrived in Tofo, Mozambique after a full days bus ride from Jo'burg, a stop over night in Maputo, and another full day in a Chapa, a 15 seater bus cramped with 24 men, women and children and seemingly all of their worldly possessions. In Cambodia they made roof racks to hold bags in Africa they just cram everything on your lap. Sitting in a fold out aisle seat witha bag of tangerines in your lap and someones elbow in your ear is not exactly fun but traveling with a surf board sucks; their large, awkwardly shaped and fragile. I don't [View Full Entry]
FishBowlEscapes - Royal Tuthill | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 8 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=71759] | 2006-07-22 10:52:16
I decided to spend my first day in Mozambique exploring Maputo. I headed to the nearest pastry shop and had a fantastic breakfast of custard pastries and fruit juice with a Canadian girl who was sharing my dorm. Having done that I decided to catch the ferry to Catembe, a small island about half an hour's ferry ride from Maputo. It took me a good couple of hours to actually reach the ferry terminal as I walked the wrong way up the Avenue de Karl Marx. This was not a huge disaster though, as it meant that I was able to [View Full Entry]
nanu nickama - nanu nickama | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 17 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=79221] | 2006-08-05 12:28:34
Ibo Island
Taken along the beach with most the most dense settlement, this is Ibo Island. Apparently it was a ship building and slave trade center for the Portuguese, nowadays its home to more goats than Portug... [more]
lush - Jason Lush | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 6 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=70694] | 2006-06-30 17:02:11
The news from Jannie at White River Toyota was not what we wanted to hear. Our 4x4 (or “bakkie” as they are called here) was suffering from not one but three separate issues that were culminating in some very rough running. First, and most obvious, there was a fair sized oil leak somewhere in the engine. Second, there were a number of corroded wires and points that apparently meant that of the 12 volts being provided by the battery, only 6 were getting anywhere useful. Third, dirty fuel had clogged the petrol pump (in just 500mls of petrol drained from the [View Full Entry]
Andrew and Katherine - Andrew Griffiths & Katherine Norton | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=70429] | 2006-06-30 13:36:57
First off, I would just like to mention that travelling in Northern Mozambique has been by far the best and the worst travelling on the trip so far. Those rare occasions when we had the back of the pickup to ourselves, with the wind blowing in your face and enough room to lie down, were simply amazing and cannot be beat. I stress however that those were rare occasions. The norm is that they pack their vehicles until any normal person would think it is full, and then add a few more people. Then just as you think they could not [View Full Entry]
El Tigre - Ryan Lang | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 3 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=68955] | 2006-07-04 19:46:18
Well, I've been in Mozambique for awhile now, and figured it was time for me to do my customary blog update. I left Malawi about a week ago and it was both mine and Ryans goal to reach the illustrious and coveted Indian Ocean where upon its shores we documented my first entry! The journey was really time consuming, fraught with delays, waits, ripoffs and adventure. The later being the most important of course. We took minibuses, regular buses, broken down minibuses, pickup trucks, flatbed trucks and even our own two feet. It took two very full days but we landed [View Full Entry]
lush - Jason Lush | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=68696] | 2006-06-23 13:08:54
Highlights include watching the sun set, laying on the beach, and laying by the pool. The coconut shrimp curry for 5 dollars (expensive I know) was also damn good. There was at least as much shrimp as there was rice. Anyway, some photos. [View Full Entry]
El Tigre - Ryan Lang | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=68101] | 2006-06-21 12:01:20
By Willski
June 12th 2006
June 12th 2006
Earthquakes, Cyclones and Malaria
Africa » Mozambique » Southern » Inhambane
Ok, so I know that once again it has been too long since I last wrote to let you all know what has been happening in my travels. This is going to be along one so go get a cup of tea…(or read it in parts) Last you heard I had left Cape Town, for a short holiday in Mozambique before I was heading to the Philippines…well as you all know by now I am still in Mozambique, what was meant to be a short 10 day holiday has now turned into a 7 month stay, will end up being a [View Full Entry]
Willski - Will Oldham | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 23 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=66015] | 2006-06-28 10:08:48