Our dhow waiting to take us back to the mainland
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Almost five centuries as a Portuguese colony came to a close with independence in 1975. Large-scale emigration by whites, economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, and a prolonged civil war hindered the country's development. The ruling... [read more]
Almost five centuries as a Portuguese colony came to a close with independence in 1975. Large-scale emigration by whites, economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, and a prolonged civil war hindered the country's development. The ruling... [read more] Blog: The Shuttle
Date: July 2nd 2006
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 ... read more
Date: July 2nd 2006
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 ... read more
Comment on Our dhow waiting to take us back to the mainland
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ... full info
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