Nampula, Mozambique Travel Blogs

4 days wait for the daily train

A travel blog entry by jonclark2000

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... to stay here for 4 days! I don't know if it's the Portuguese influence (they stayed until 1974) but the towns in Mozambique seemed so different to anything else I'd experienced in Africa. Met Barnaby and Avery for a very nice Indian fish curry that ...

Nampula Again

A travel blog entry by dcm

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... the boot, while we waited for the truck to be ready. We checked out the museum, which, like everything else in Mozambique, hadn't changed much since the 70's. The carver's market was filled with men chipping away at fresh pieces of ...

From dawn till dusk

A travel blog entry by kazntrsawsmadvn

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... the train in the dark. What happened in between was quite the insight into Africa. This train line that cuts through northern Mozambique fully exemplifies how important a mode of transport is to life out here as the passing of the daily train is quite the ...

Nampula !!! Heerlijk zo'n vliegtuig

A travel blog entry by riiki

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Na een uur vliegen in Nampula aangekomen. Ik verblijf in Pensao Marques. Ziet er allemaal niet uit vergeleken van waar ik kwam en nog duurder ook ?!??! Hier ontmoet ik Harold en Irina. Harold komt uit Duitseland en zit in Malawi om zijn studie Geneeskunde ...

Capital of the North

A travel blog entry by mrewkowski

After 2 hours on a pick up, and then 2 in a small minibus, we arrived in Nampula, to spend the night and catch an early morning bus to Quelimane. We found the hotel we wanted to stay in, but it quickly became apparent that it was possible to rent rooms by ...

There are no Quick and Easy Bus Rides in Africa

A travel blog entry by virginieandpaul

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... shower. We took a cold shower, and then wandered around the streets until dark. The former friendship between Mozambique and the Soviet Union means that this country has some amazingly functional, but astatically appalling socialist architecture. I ...

In the Land of Moz

A travel blog entry by mikeandheather

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... After a couple hours sleep, we spent a lazy day walking around town, reveling in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere that makes Mozambique such a surprisingly easy place to travel, and difficult place to leave. Ready to unpack our bags for a week or so ...

Last stop before Ilha de Mocambique

A travel blog entry by travelwithjorg

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... I traveled 3rd class which was not really recommended by my guide (The Lonely Planet). However, 12 hours later arrived in Nampula and made a friend, Catho (30 years), from DRC (Congo). He traveled all the way from Congo to here to ...

Waiting for the Train

A travel blog entry by phileasfarx

After a stupidly early start (again) to a day's travel in Mozambique (why do they always start so early?!), I left Pemba on board a coach to Nampula. Being the major town in the north, I had been here about one week before, en route to Ihla da ...

Hello Hanna

A travel blog entry by phileasfarx

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... . Such a scruffy looking bus was worth inquiring about I thought. I went to talk to the driver. Negotiations on price to Nampula got the initial Mtc950 down to Mtc800. I could get all the way to Nampula for only Mtc100 (~�2) more than I ...

A tough night's sleep

A travel blog entry by paddyfetherston

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We spent two nights in Nampula trying to arrange a bus-athon as far south as Vilankulo. The bus was due to take 20 hours, and we arrived at the station an hour early only to find it had been delayed 3 hours to 1pm... Once on the move the drive was very ...

Nampula.. don't go there if you don�t need to..

A travel blog entry by leoinafrica

Just a night before going to the Ilha. Nampula is big, dirty and expensive. Was trying to couch surf there but I didn�t find anybody. Got a hint to check out Cinderella but the place was ridiculously expensive and not nice. Met a couple on the road that ...

Nampula Mozambique

A travel blog entry by oliviers

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Nampula

A travel blog entry by bluelizzy

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Wild Camping by the River 389Km 9 hours including

A travel blog entry by ritch

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... import permit to the tune of $1. Quite surprising as Ritch hadn’t previously been given this upon entering Mozambique a few weeks previous. So back to the Malawi border where we successfully negotiated our transactions through the vehicles windows ...

Plani so zato, da se spreminjajo

A travel blog entry by m_in_t_travels

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... naju nomada veliko) in se crkljala ob beli pesceni plazi, snorkljanju, dobri hrani in pijaci. Iz Nacale sva si nasl;a prevoz do Ilhe de Mozambique in na ta nacin prisla se na Kubo (tu sva se namrec odlocila, da je otok povsem tak, kot mora biti tudi Kuba, ...

THE LONG HAUL

A travel blog entry by rosemarywolfe

... in inhimbane. Got in checked in at crashed! Sunday 28 We wanted to book a luxury bus to Nampula with a company TCO because it is a 16 hour drive and they offer roomy seats and tvs. Anyways we went to the office ...

Nampula, second time, still do not like it

A travel blog entry by leoinafrica

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... spot between dunes facing the ocean. I went for a swim, ate some bread and this sweet dry peanut stuff they sell everywhere in Mozambique and went to sleep early after having watched the stars for a while. The next morning I walked the beach along to the ...

Happy New Year

A travel blog entry by paddyfetherston

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... on the train and the four of us celebrated new years eve together. It wasn't exactly a rock n roll nye after the train journey, so we were tucked up in bed before 10pm so the four of us could catch the 4am mini bus to Ilha de Mozambique the next morning. ...

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