00 :12. The sound of a dentist’s drill penetrating my temple wakes me up. Covered in sweat I sigh, it's just a dream. It’s not a dentist’s drill; there are mosquitoes in the tent. A wild hunt begins and ends in handclapping, then silence. 02 :23. Something has awoken the dogs. Loud barking ricochet in the distance as every dog in the village joins the cacophony. A dog yelps as his owner gives him a kick. Then silence. 03 :51. The roosters begin. It’s still long before sunset but these puffed-up poultry must be from a different time-zone. The volume and [View Full Entry]

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Never thought I would get the chance to be writing this entry but here I am in Maputo, writing from a library where the internet moves about as slowly as one might imagine. I don´t think I have a lot of time before we are going to have to leave so I will do my best to give a quick rundown of what I have been doing for the last 2 weeks. Training began in in downtown Philadelphia where our entire Peace Corps Mozambique group of 69 people got to know each other through ice breakers and imformational sessions about safety [View Full Entry]

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testing testing, check check, 1 2, 1 2 [View Full Entry]

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It's great when you have three days of motorbike riding madness in front of you to remember that when the destination is reached you can reap the rewards of cheap fresh seafood and even more refreshing cocktails! Leaving the delights of Malawi was comforted by the fact that the women were even more beautiful in Mozambique flaunting outrageously bright-coloured kangas and matching head-dress....slightly distracting! The roads were a disruptive disaster of zigzags across the 'almost completed' new road dipping in and out of river-fords then back onto dry chokingly dusty dirt roads, the journey broken up by our first flat tyre [View Full Entry]

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So again I'm a bit late in updating my whereabouts but the internet in Mozambique was weather dependent through a satellite so as soon as it got a bit windy it took a lifetime for a page to unfold. At the moment I’m back in Cape Town, SA but for the whole of July I was in Mozambique. I traveled through from Joburg to Maputo on the bus, with the mission of getting my visa on the border, the driver had already told me I had to be speedy otherwise I'd be stuck and the bus would continue. So boy was [View Full Entry]

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After a couple indecisive days spent next to the Mozambican border in southern Malawi, pondering whether the 3 day ride on bad roads to get to the coast was worth it, we took the plunge. Hearing everyone rave about how amazing northern Mozambique is made it impossible not to want to see it for ourselves, especially after the glimpse we had had going through the Tete corridor between Zimbabwe and Malawi. So we set off from Mulanje, Malawi to tackle the bad roads that are as renowned as the beaches in northern Mozambique. The road wasn't horrible, but I think we [View Full Entry]

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You have to try it!! Driving in Mozambique!! Its not just the potholes in the road, also the corrupt police men whom make it difficult to get around....the only good thing is that it was a rental car, wouldn't try it with our own.!! After too many hours on the road we Arrived in Tofo!! A geat diving place and with a nice beach......The first two backpackers we could't go because we got stuck in the sand.....next time we'll take a 4WD!! Dive cente is too professional, had to take a refreshing course!!! cold water in the swimming pool so I [View Full Entry]

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am actually in Maputo for the evening as we move back to the Wildlife College. It was an 17 hour drive from Machipanda to Maputo driving I believe 1400 kilometers. The research turned out really well with a lot of data to interpret upon arrival home. The use of the ground penetrating radar for observing below ground biomass has not been developed very thoroughly for practical applications. The research Abi, Dintwe, a Botswanan forester, the lead investigator Kelly Kaylor and I have been working with the Noggin 1000 to attempt to take strides forward in being able to map the [View Full Entry]

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It's a long road trip, so we stopped for another night at Tete in Mozambique. The roads are pretty bumpy and customs very slow..... Here's a few photo's anyway..... [View Full Entry]

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We are now safe and sound back in Sydney but needed to finish off our last 2 countries! We left you in Rwanda last time we blogged. We flew Rwanda Air to Jo'burg in South Africa for a brief night's stay before we left for Maputo, Mozambique. At this point I was extremely grateful for having a dad who preaches and has friends all over the world cos we were met at the airport by 2 very friendly faces...leaders at a local church in Jo'burg who just happen to love my dad. They took us to our hotel (another Formule [View Full Entry]

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