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Pemba Slideshow
Pemba
Travel Blogs from Pemba, Mozambique
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Day 3 on the buses and Pemba
This is a top pick! ... sodas, beers and also what looked like those small bottles of wine you get on planes! Must be the Portuguese influence. Arriving in Pemba it looks like a dirty and uninteresting town. After getting cash from the ATM I took a taxi out to Russell's Place ...
Back to Pemba and the turds
This is a top pick! ... wooden frames and wheels. Steve spotted a young Green Mamba sliding across the floor next to us at one point. The currency in Mozambique is called the Metical, I'm not sure where this name come from as I've never heard of it before. Some young kids ...
Naçala to Pemba
This is a top pick! ... to be Pemba. The paradise was actually all centered around the plush hotels, one of which, the Pemba Beach Hotel run by the Arab Rani Resorts, was Mozambique's only five star hotel outside of Maputo. We stopped at the local market for some ...
Ilha de Moçambique
... their luggage on the roof and headed on a back road to Pemba. With their bad luck we were quite relieved when we arrived in Pemba with no problems at all. As they only had one more night before flying down to Maputo we decided to check out Pemba Dive ...
Mozambique - finally!
So finally in Mozambique! After 5 days of traveling I eventually made it to Pemba where I have been the past couple of days. I have a good feeling about Mozambique, its a pretty beautiful place and the people seem to be extremely friendly so looking ...
Hey Pemba, Pemba Italiano!?
The transport here was smooth sailing. It may not sound like it at first but everying worked out perfectly. The truck picked us up at 3am in front of our hostel, which took us to the mini bus, which took us to an intersection, where we ...
Return to Africa - Mozambique
... she was really sea sick, Katie even made a nice bday dinner(grilled peanuts and popcorn at my request). We arrived to Mozambique and anchored forst for a couple of days at a beautiful island named Quesiva. It had a beautiful white sand ...
Spanish Friends
So Jordi and Sophia knew of a Spanish guy (Thomas) who works for an NGO in Pemba. Given my disagreeable state of health, I was grateful of his offer of a place to stay. Didn't do much in Pemba to be honest, apart from visiting the toilet some more, ...
Off to Malawi
... on one for about an hour before we finally shook it free. That was probably the highlight of the day really. Got to Pemba late afternoon, after a very painful 5 hour chapas ride along a bad road in a worse vehicle, that was basically an old truck ...
sea!!!!!!
... supposed to be the highlight, except for one interesting trip to a local market and to interesting nights at the local nightspot pemba was a bit on the boring side, over priced, over developed, and over hyped. it was undoubtedly a beautifully situated ...
Pemba, local family life and diving with whales
... have spend an awesome time in Pemba. In the end there was some really good, and some bad experiences there. This has been the case throughout my travel in Mozambique. You cannot relax fully and let go in this country, you always have to be ...
Sluttstrek
That's all folks som det heter paa film, dette er en sluttstrek, finito... Det lot seg ikke gjore aa oppdatere blogg i bushen i Afrika, og vi gir herved opp! Det loves (og eller trues, alt ettersom) med bilder naar vi kommer hjem og historier ...
Yep still here
MONDAY 8TH /TUESDAY 9TH AUGUST More days at Pemba site very quiet. If no conclusion on property today we should leave tomorrow. Journey to Dar Es Salaam sounds very hairy we have to go a long way inland to get to the one legal crossing which will take the ...
Week 2 - Stiil here
... would be like. Also met Dutch bloke who is developing a resort on one of the islands in the archipelago who flies back to Pemba occasionally in a small Cessna with a pilot who does not like flying any more so the atmosphere in the plane is a bit tense. ...
Russells Place - week 1
... it is going backwards or forwards. Jen and boys went swimming with dolphins while we were in the garage. Pemba is the major town in Northern Mozambique and has reasonable resort facilities and an airfield.The oil companies are drilling off the coast and ...
The Boeretjie Campsite
... is education as they are demonstrating in South Africa. Walked back over the causeway 2 miles and picked up truck. Long trip to Pemba buying papaya and bananas along the way. Found Pemba Dive camp which had been recommended to us. It is on the shore of a ...
Old Travel Friends
At various different times I just about disliked each of the people I had the amazing chance to travel about Africa with.In the past day they've all randomly contacted me and it put a smile on my face. They all have pretty grand plans for ...
Noordelike Mosambiek/ Northern Mozambique
... ons 'n kersdiens saam met drie ander volwassenis en soveel kinders in 'n modderkerkie op een van die lidmate se werf by. Die Christen talle is baie klien in die Moslem dorpie. Van Pangane is dit terug na Pemba en vort na Ilha de ...
Russel's Place Wimbi Beach 0 Km
[Bob] A very relaxing day today, spent lounging on the various garden sofas, hammocks and comfy seats around Russel's Place, reading, shooting the breeze and watching Ritch’s frustrations grow as his Internet attempts were thwarted at his every ...
Zach Mossuril day 10
Whatup Ottawa, Zach's turn for the blog. We woke up, bright and early and hopped in the car to return to our favourite beach,out of all the ones went to. On our way, we stoped at a store that sells drinks, shampoos, gels, and lots of other stuff made out ...
Dec 17, 2010
Verliefd, ...
ja ja, we weten het: dit berichtje komt wel erg snel na de vorige post maar we hebben toch wat leuks te vertellen! Na een lekker italiaans diner met een flesje zuidafrikaanse shiraz gingen we eergister nog even over het strand lopen aangezien het volle ...
"P" is for Pemba...and Pneumonia...
... cruisy drive south along the coast road down to Pemba. Pemba was the first real civilisation that I had reached in northern Mozambique and came equipped with hospital, post office, private clinic and a shop to finally get Mozza's third party insurance. I ...
Russel's Place Wimbi Beach 424Km 6 hours
[Bob here] Up reasonably early as we had a fair old drive on our hands today, we were heading for Pemba and Wimbi Beach which is a 424km drive which took us 6.5 hours. We all had a good stint in the drivers seat for what was a fairly uneventful drive to ...
Matt day 12 Pemba
Hey everyone today has been very exciting and full of amazing experiences. It is our only full day at the Pemba Dive and Bush Camp so we decided to go on a snorking tour at the other side of the island. Apparently this time of year was perfect for ...
Two eeks and an oops
... while in a hammock, but I shall prevail! We are now [at the time of writing] just passed Inhambane on the coast of Mozambique in a little spot called Sylvia's Shoal, outside the town of Morrungulo. The Berndsens will remember this spot for its shade and ...
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