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Quelimane Slideshow
Quelimane
Travel Blogs from Quelimane, Mozambique
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Day 3 on the buses and Pemba
This is a top pick! Boss took advantage of my hospitality by getting up at 3am for the 5am bus! My alarm was set for 4:30, I bit more of a sociable hour, but not much! The bus was half empty, what sort of African country had I come to! Stopping in the villages was also ...
Bribed by the cops in a World Heritage Site
This is a top pick! 7 hours in a bus and then 1 hour in the back of a pick-up to get us to Ilha de Mozambique - Recently the whole island was turned into a UNESCO World Heritage site. We picked up plenty of food on our bus ride from street vendors. Guava was 20c for 30 and ...
Quelimane and Zalala Beach
This is a top pick! Quelimane & Zalala Beach 3rd - 5th February 2007 Silva heard of a trendy night club that was supposedly still happening and jumped in the truck eagerly trying to find the place. The girl (I can't remember her name, but will refer to ...
Mozambique and Boss runs out of cash
This is a top pick! ... . They had all been disgusted with the transport costs, but when you have a monopoly there is not too much choice. After Mozambique immigration we had another 2 hour wait before we could get our transport to Mocimboa de Praia. The 4 hour trip on ...
Moçimboa de Praia and the Mighty Rovuma
This is a top pick! Moçimboa de Praia & Rovuma 29th - 31st January 2007 Silva was a very interesting man. He kept telling me how he was confused that he'd let me join him. He told me he had three rules against travel partners: ...
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 ...
Nampula and Naçala
This is a top pick! ... . It had been three weeks since I'd left the coast and I was eager to get into the sea. Naçala was northern Mozambique's busiest port and gateway to some attractive beaches. It was only 3 hours away but the only direct transport left at ...
Naçala to Pemba
This is a top pick! ... night. I was exhausted by the previous 15 days in which I had traveled all the way from Nairobi to Northern Mozambique, a distance of more than 5000 km, through eight countries, on buses, trains, ferries, taxies, trucks, pickups, private vehicles, ...
Inhassoro, Lovers Paradise
... to do it our way. After a few days in Gorongosa National Park with a very amusing French family of 9, we drove to Beira, Mozambique's second largest city. Beira would be the perfect place to celebrate, or so we thought. As we drove into Beira we realized ...
cidade abandonada
Eu nunca estive em uma cidade que tenha sido destruida por uma guerra, mas esse fim de semana conheci um lugar que me pareceu que tivesse. Fomos a ilha de mocambique para passar o fim de semana e a vista foi algo de impressionante. Predios destruidos, ...
OUD EN NIEUW OP IHLA DE MOCAMBIQUE
Vandaag staat in het teken van rond lopen en foto's maken. Samen met Allen (Chinees/Canadian) en Angela (Italiaans/Portugese) gaan we op pad. Er zijn zoveel kinderen op Ilha de Mocambique. In heel Mocambique zijn er relatief veel kinderen vergeleken ...
mais estrada
Tudo por aqui tem me parecido muito tumultuado. Digo isso em relacao ao comportamento das pessoas. A simples ideia de organizar as pessoas que vao entrar em um onibus dando-lhes numeros relativos aos lugares onde vao sentar, aqui, nao funciona. Eles ate ...
Another tough travel day
We woke the next morning a bit after 4 am, to catch our 5 am bus to Nampula. We stumbled to the bus station, tired and hot still/already. We found our big bus, a relatively normal coach, but sitting 5 across instead of 4, and very small windows for ...
The morning run
... seen us move from the almighty journey through the north that has been one hell of an adventure into central Mozambique. A four o'clock bus to Quelimane represents the first of a few stepping stones before we finally hit our destination. We've become ...
Relaxing at Fernao Veloso - Bay Diving
After the usual trip of minibuses, trucks and hitchhiking, we made it to Fernao Veloso, a nice stretch of beach outside the rather dreary port city of Nacala. This is the site of a terrific camping and bungalow resort called Bay Diving. As the name ...
There are no Quick and Easy Bus Rides in Africa
... 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 ...
Rough Travel Day
... the morning on a Saturday. In some places in the city, you could still hear music blaring from clubs and parties. These people from Mozambique know how to party! We got on the bus (a big coach, with sitting room for about 65) and realized there were no ...
Potuegese Colonial Stone Town
... guide book describes this place as "basic with a friendly owner" but that is not doing it or him justice. Unlike many people in Mozambique, he speaks great English and was super eager to talk to us, tell us about his country, now and during the civil war ...
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 ...
Faded Glory of Ilha de Mozambique
... rooms and tree-lined courtyards. The doctor was a nice guy who spoke Spanish as he got his degree in Cuba (Communist brothers of Mozambique's former regime). Within 5 minutes he diagnosed V with malaria, we got some pills and he sent us on our way after ...
Couchsurfing at a popstar
... Bono, Lenny Kravitz and Nelson Mandela. Xavier is the lead singer and guitarist from the 'Rockfellers' who are quite big in Mozambique. He also manages an American NGO which deals with AIDS and HIV in Africa.That was quite a different ...
sea!!!!!!
eventually arrived at pemba after my mission of a journey, spent a few days relaxing in russells place. enjoyed the beach and swimming in the sea but pemba didnt really catch my heart. never made it to the islands, was too difficult and thats supposed to ...
Bella Ilha de Mozzzzzz
... us a million time, night in a brothel on the way. I wanted some adventure... I got it! And then I reach Ilha de Mozambique, the old capital of the country with a lot of Portuguese old buildings, arabic and asian influence, a real melting pot. The ...
Die unendliche Geschichte, Teil 1 bis 128
... 'tte gibt’s einen Ausreisestempel in den Reisepass und... hinter der Holzhütte kommt nicht etwa die Grenze zu Mozambique, sondern wieder Busch. Der gleiche Pickupfahrer wie vorher bietet uns grinsend an, uns für ein paar Tanzanische Shilling die ...
Ilha de Mocambique
... to find a ride to Ilha de Mocambique, which is the country's oldest colonial settlement. It was one of our top two destinations in Mozambique and we were excited to finally be going--everyone in Nampula including the MP we met is very proud of it and it ...
Quelimane
... Indians look down on Thais, but when there is a dispute between a Thai Indian and a foreigner, the Indian suddenly becomes Thai. Mozambique easily has the worst roads - with the biggest potholes I've ever seen. This is due to poor construction, ...
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