Country Info
- Maputo
- Capital
- Metical (MZM)
- Currency
- 19,371,057
- Population
- MZ
- Country Code
Mozambique Slideshow
Mozambique
Travel Blogs from Mozambique
Africa Weeks 4-7
... could not congregate together. This went on for days until international pressure put an end to it. I've been in Mozambique for the past month. This is an amazing country with an incredibly resilient people. Riddled with landmines and a ...
Day 7
... out. Now its Jan & Bill (AU), Robyn & Joe, Jez, Ginny, Sue and me - much nicer! Crossed the border into Mozambique - again rubbish EVERYWHERE at the border. When we got into the city there was nowhere to pull over so we were given 50RAND each to ...
Lunch trip to Maputo
The prawns alone are worth the trip! Well we were conveniently alligned to make a brief excursion into Mozambique, so we had to do it. Standard, we didn't have enough time to do everything we wanted, so we had to settle for lunch. The same toll ...
Nyter livets glade dager på Mosambiks sørkyst
skrevet mandag 08/10-11 publisert 12/10-11 I dag e det 34 daga siden vi la ut på vårt lille afrika eventyr, still going strong:) vi tok fly veien og mellomlanmda i Nairobi før ferden gikk videre mot Johannesburg og Sør -Afrika. En ganske kort flytur ...
Getting into Mozambique
... after 11 hours drive. From there it should not be far anymore, quite exited to see the Island and travelling alone in Mozambique feels adventurous. I haven´t met other tourists in Mozambique so far and the owner of Pink Papaya, the backpacker where I am ...
Sunday's Afternoon Adventures !!
At George's office (which we should be spelling "Jorge"...but won't change at this point), Doug Fry's team linked up well with us to prepare and interpret the stories and games in preparation for tomorrows VBS. George then took ...
The joys of public transport
So, turns out most people think it is mad to travel around Africa with public transport - how strange we thought, things seemed to work like a clockwork with public transport for us so far! Well, that was until we attempted to go to Graskop, near the ...
Aug 05, 2009
Mango Beach
... ended abruptly when the burglars tried to rob an Israeli girl fresh out of her military service. 80% of the population in Mozambique are subsistence farmers, living in the small groups across the country. The population is largely uneducated, as the free ...
Ainda na Segunda Semana/Just Second Week
oiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! Bem, como disse tentaríamos postar notícias de dois em dois dias. Mas na realidade isso não foi possível como puderam ver. Nossos dias tem sido cheios e o acesso na pousada é muito caro e lento. Só verificamos às vezes para ler ...
Easy Money
Mozambeque is Angola's sister Portuguese colony on the Eastern Coast of Africa along the Indian Ocean. The four week job I did here was what my 12 year contracted Scottish supervisor Jason would call a "paid vacation" and the "easiest job I've ...
Morning walk...
Today I was walking to work, I was tired, hungry, really wanting a coffee - looking for a chopala I could grab quickly because I was late (surprised?). Anyway I was starting the come up to this corner where I had walked by the morning before and ...
Ponta do Ouro
... very cold. Here the sea is amazingly warm! It seems everybody can surf here. The moment you cross the border into Mozambique, everything is different. Starting with the roads: Mozambique roads The asphalt stops at the border. As do the place-names that ...
Lunch in Mozambique
... fish in NZ, it tasted spectacular here and I wonder if they got the translation wrong (the menu was in Portuguese, as Mozambique was a Portuguese colony). The 5 of us also split a platter of spicy prawns- amazing! That washed down with several icy beers ...
Bruce Willis knows all that transpired in Moz
... cousin off women forever. Anyway, Molly, Bruno (said Mozzie), and I were in Nampula in northern Mozambique, doing a little touristy action and checking out the incredible beaches. These were the stuff tropical paradise clichés are ...
Friday and Saturday plus Sunday
... pastor from Annandale UMC teach. What proved the most interesting was hearing what the issues were fro the ministers in Mozambique. There are some of the usual concerns of spreading the Gospel which are complicated by illiteracy and a lack of ...
The Long Haul
... the animal population as hungry soldiers ate anything available. In 1995 the US Carr Foundation teamed up with the Mozambique government to rehabilitate the park and replenish the animal stocks. While the animal numbers are still low when compared to ...
A city fallen apart
... !! Maybe the Portuguese colonies are just different than the English ones.... And they have really delicious ciabatta bread in Mozambique, mmmhhmmm!!! :) Heli finally got his long-needed hair cut and shave and also Manuel let the barber show his shaving ...
Die Fortsetzung, die keiner mehr haben wollte
... 'en Kreuzung vorbei, und dort kreuzt die Haupt-Nord-Süd-Achse - die größte Straße des Landes, die einmal durch gesamt Mozambique führt. Wir entscheiden uns, dort hin zu fahren und den Daumen raus zu halten. Irgendjemand wird uns schon mitnehmen. Und ...
World Cup Whoops
It was approaching the weekend, so I decided to continue on to Maputo to make sure that I had somewhere to see the rugby. After our drubbing by NZ, Australia was now in the play-off for third place in the World Cup. It turns out that ...
Tembe River Outpost
Today we split our group in two and sent half of them on a morning 2 1/2 hour river ride to Missionaries Jim & Stacy Bowers Outpost Camp. The other half went on a VERY bumpy off-road ride. However, no fear because the teams met up at the camp ...
how low can we go?
07/17 This morning we (Lawrence and I) prepared for a lovely day trip. After a breakfast of pancakes (that were really crepes) overlooking the beach we met up with Sandi, Johan, Philipp, and Lily in the market. Lily is a part of our group but is ...
Maputo
... hours in the hot sun/hot bus we left. But I was nice because it wasn't full so I could spread out. Anyways we got to the Mozambique border and trouble because we thought we could pay our visa with a card but it was cash only and no ATM for miles. The visa ...
Riding the Blue waters of Mozambique
... ask the locals for the best places to eat and have fun, they know best. This will enrich your experience in Mozambique. Willingness to rough it... The accommodation can be expensive at some hotels and other lodges, but not Barra Lodge. The ...