The Island


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Published: July 14th 2010
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Crossing from Malawi to Mozambique I get a little rush. Despite an excellent travel partner for the last month it feels good to be exploring on my own again. There's also a certain thrill to be had in entering a country in which once again I have no grasp of the language - Mozambique is a former Portuguese colony rather than the predominantly English ones I've visited recently - and very little kn... Read Full Entry



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Chapel of Nossa Senhora de BaluarteChapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte
Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte

The oldest European building in the southern hemisphere, built in 1522 and now guarded by the Fort.



15th July 2010

from the island
Hello there!! There was a tear in our faces after reading this description of the Island;) We miss you our friend-who-loves-abba-and-wants-to-ride-a-poney!! Love, Ana, Maria, Maria and Maggie.
23rd September 2010
Forget where you parked?

very good
god willing be sucssesfull .
30th September 2010
Look at me

pictures
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21st October 2010
Monster tree

homge
31st August 2011
Shakespeare?

Shakespeare?
kind of... I'm almost sure it's Luis Vaz de Camões. On his left hand, he holds his epic poem Os Lusíadas ("The Lusiads") "During his return journey, near the Mekong River along the Cambodian coast, he was shipwrecked, saving his manuscript but losing his Chinese lover. His shipwreck survival in the Mekong Delta was enhanced by the legendary detail that he succeeded in swimming ashore while holding aloft the manuscript of his still-unfinished epic."

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