Pemba, Mozambique Travel Blogs

Day 3 on the buses and Pemba
Mar 23, 2006

... 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
Mar 26, 2006 (31 photos)

... . Some young kids were selling some older coins from the Portuguese era that we bought. They had Portugal on one side and Mozambique on the other. Later we headed out to an old cemetery, it was during the walk that the rain started again and ...

Naçala to Pemba
Jan 28, 2007

... 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 expensive ...

Return to Africa - Mozambique
Oct 15, 2007

... 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 ...

Hey Pemba, Pemba Italiano!?
Oct 22, 2008 (6 photos)

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 ...

Pemba, local family life and diving with whales
Aug 17, 2009 (12 photos)

... 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 careful...

sea!!!!!!
Aug 6, 2007

... 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 town ...

Sluttstrek
Mar 28, 2008

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 saa ...

Mozambique
Oct 30, 2006

1 month in Mozambique

Noordelike Mosambiek/ Northern Mozambique
Dec 17, 2007 (232 photos)

... in n kamer in vir die aand.Willemien rus voor die tv terwyl ek die straate en Shoprite gaan verken. Weer 'n 4 uur opstaan vir die Pemba bus. Theo(vriend) kom laai ons in Pemba op. Hy, Minonge en hulle kinders Simon en Amieke woon in Pemba. In Pemba kuier ...

mozambique 92
Oct 30, 2006

Best place I have ever visited

Middle of nowhere...
Mar 24, 2009

Looks like middle of nowhere but it makes that place the paradise...

New photos
Aug 1, 2009 (6 photos)

Pemba
Jun 11, 2005

Pemba

Amazing place
May 1, 2009

Not a great accomodation, clean and enough as all the activities are turned on outdoor : walking or driving safaris. Not a lot of animals to see, but a very beautifull and amazing landscape. And here it's adventure first to have an idea www.taratibulodge. ...

Russels Cajou
Aug 9, 2004

After a grueling 24 hr drive I eventually reached Pemba in the early morning. Found the legendary Russel's Place and immediately met some cool people. Couple of days to relax before M & D arrived from SA. Nice visit and great to have a bank card that ...