Blogs from Vilanculos, Southern, Mozambique, Africa - page 3

Mozambique was an absolute blast as expected. Our trip had three purposes; firstly to relax a bit, secondly to serve as a week of saying farewell to our friends and family and lastly as a place to do our commitment ceremony. Unfortunately as a result of logistics and circumstances, we could not get everyone that we wanted to be present to be there. There was a shortage of space and flights. We had 21 people in total and it was still an amazing week. We arrived on the 21st of July, with our parents, roz, Cailen and Bernhard´s sister, Ingrid. For the first three days the weather was not that good, but not terrible either. Not much happened in the first three days, except for good seafood and general laziness. On Wednesday, most of the group ... read more

Mozambique has had a tough time of it lately, dear reader, in spite of the enormous strides made by her people towards a peaceful society since the conclusion of the civil war fifteen years ago. Leaving aside the serious floods in the year 2000; the last few months has seen a munitions factory on the outskirts of Maputo go up in flames and subsequently turn the city into a mini war zone, then a category five cyclone with 300 kilometre an hour winds ripped through the resort town of Vilankulo. These setbacks are hitting the local population hard, but the people of Mozambique are still smiling and laughing in spite of difficult times. The last journal left off in Tofo, and my travels in this fascinating country continue... I headed back to Inhambane in a chapa ... read more

WELL I"VE NEVER BACKPACKED BEFORE,HELL IM A CITY BOY FROM DURBAN WHO LOVES HIS COMFORTS WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT TRAPSING ALL OVER A FOREIGN COUNTRY WITH NOTHING BUT A BAG ON MY BACK.WELL I WAS GOING AND IT WAS EITHER CAPE TOWN OR MOZAMBIQUE,'VILANCULO'THE REAL REASON I DECIDED TO GO THERE,THEY HAVE THE BEST BEACHES AND IS WHAT MADE ME DECIDE.IF THIS MESSAGE IS A BIT DEURMEKAAR FORGIVE ME IM DOING IT FROM WORK AND IM VERY BUSY.NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE WHOLE STORY,NO TIME.BUT IF YOU GOING TO MOZAMBIQUE AND YOU HAVE TO GO MAKE SURE YOU GO TO VILANCULO,THE BEST BACKPACKERS I THINK,THE BEST PEOPLE SO FRIENDLY ALWAYS READY TO POUR A DRINK,AND AS I SAID THE BEST BEACHES BUT YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TO THE ISLANDS TO SEE THEM' TALK TO ... read more

Adventures at the coast with loose axles and landmines. After the previous year's trip up to Barra reef, we felt Moz drawing us like a magnet, so decided to take a trip up part of the coast of Moz (still classified as Southern Mozambique because the coastline is so long). We were yearning to see more of Moz but at a slightly more leisurely pace as we didn't have much time to sightsee along the way the year before. It would only be a two week trip as well but we wanted to stop at a few places and had a basic guideline where we wanted to go. Our goal was to try to go as far as Vilanculos (a further 260 km north of Inhambane, so in total about 760km up the coastline) then work ... read more