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Pushing from past the brush fire  
   

Pushing from past the brush fire

Transport Adventures

August 26th 2005
We had planned to write about our bus trip from Vilankulo to Beira (Mozambique) as a classic Africa transport experience (i.e., bus runs out of gas in the middle of a brush fire at high noon, insects and spiders streaming onto the roadway to escape, driver’s assistant gets arrested while bringing us gas canisters - an act made illegal to combat black market sales to neighboring Zimbabwe - but va ... read more
Africa » Mozambique

Mozambican Flag 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
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