Blogs from Maputo, Southern, Mozambique, Africa - page 6

Sorry for the delay in providing a proper update... Let me see what I can think of about Mozambique, or, just "the Beak" as I like to call it. This is a long email, best read in parts, if you're in a hurry. The 16 hour flight After a long, direct flight from Dulles, where a passenger was prevented from boarding our flight because they attempted to carry on a chain saw, my colleague S. and I took off for Johannesburg. I passed the time watching Bollywood films and shuffling papers around. It was great to not have to worry about dual paying work and school work at the same time for a change. Once we landed in Johannesburg, we wanted to have a look around the airport because people say the airport is great there... ... read more

My friends, So I arrived in Maputo. As you know, I had some communication problems in the beginning. But as soon as I arrived in the ADPP complex, it was all ok. I arrived here on Thursday morning, and I had to wait for the next flight to Quelemane, which is tomorrow (Tuesday). These last days were all about impressions and meeting new people. I will try to give a brief overview of my transit holiday. On Thursday I met the residents. There is an epf, vocational school, hope and tce project here, also a secondary school and the head office of all ADPP activities in Mozambique. ADPP stands for ajuda de desinvolvimente povo para povo. It is how they call humana in Portuguese speaking countries. In total there are about 6 DI’s working in ... read more

Da sind wir nun endlich bei meinen "schwarzen portugiesischen Bruedern"! Seit ich mit meiner Famillie in Portugal gelebt habe, war Mocambique ein (interessanter) Begriff fuer mich gewesen. Zum einen wegen der vielen schwarzen Einwanderer von dort, das Erbe des Kolonialismus, zum anderen aufgrund der vielen Witze, die die Portugiesen ueber Samora Machel, den Revolutionsfuehrer und ersten Praesidenten der mocambiquanischen Republik, gemacht haben. Er war so in etwa der portugiesische Ostfriese! Also raus aus dem dahin siechenden Zimbabwe, hinein in das Land mit den schoenen Straenden. Wie immer an der Grenze stiessen wir zunaechst auf etwas missmutige Gesichter. Der uns behandelnde Officer grummelte etwas herum und liess unsere Paesse mittels eines Kollegen im Hinterzimmer verschwinden. Also warten! Das Warten wurde uns aber gezuckert versuesst, da der Kollege mir nichts, dir n... read more

Version FR un peu plus bas Hello, I am in Livingstone in Zambia near the amazing Victoria Falls. I know this is out of order but I wanted to share some pics of Maputo in Mozambique, I was finally able to resize my pictures and they now upload pretty quickly (great news!). I would love to go back to this city and spend more time exploring the markets and trying more of the local dishes. So, here are a few pictures of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. This was my first big African city and I loved it! So much energy, so many colors and so much going on! This is exactly how I had pictured it. We spent a couple days there and were able to stroll through the market, eat awesome grilled prawns with ... read more

Next leg of the journey was Tofo to Maputo, which involved a couple of days staying with one of Kek's friends who lives a couple of hours south of Tofo in a really beautiful place called Quissico. We hitched a ride in town with all our stuff and then Neils came and picked us up in his very cool retro beetle. I wasn't sure what to expect from Neils' place, but I wasn't quite prepared for what was in store. After staying in what was basically a summer house on the beach I was quite looking forward to a bit of luxury, and it wasn't until I arrived, that I realsied I wasn't going to get it! Neils has moved to Quissico to create a rather cool backpackers/wellness/hippy commune for people to come and stay at/live ... read more