Girassol Indy Village Maputo

... Mozambique bus stop.

Now, for the minivan to Mozambique there's no set time, they wait until it is full and then they go so I had to wait for 1.30 hour before we set off but it was ok as I got to talking with Marek a tchek who is working for Médecin Sans Frontiere in Swaziland and was going to Tofo for the weekend. I had to go the toilet at one point but the public toilet were a bit off the main street and further away so I decided to do what a lot of locals do, **** on the side of ...

... mention Johnny Clegg in the same breath with Dylan and the Doors. I myself twice got mistaken for someone else, once the immigrant New York Jew, once the European long-distance bicyclist.

And there are Spaniards out the wazoo, this apparently being their African connection since they can do better linguistically here, I guess. They just speak Spanish and try to understand the Hispanicized Portuguese that comes in response ...

... weghardloop het nie? Die Mr Bean opvo**ings is ke** op ke** 'n reuse treff** by die gehoor wat skatt** lag as die gordyn in die bosteat** aan Tofo se West End sak. Dit is te begrype dat ons vriend in sy rou die humor van die saak miskyk en nie saam lag nie. Die gehoor skud hulle koppe om aan te dui dat hulle nie heeltemal sek** is wat Phillip wil hê nie, gee **kenning vir die goeie stuk v**maak en v**skoon hulself dan beleefd voor hulle we** die byl oor die skou** swaai, of die ...

Maputo is a sad city. It is very run down, looks like it was nice at one point but not many things are ruined and destroyed. The city is very dirty as well. Our hostel was digusting so we went to a hotel down the street. We had a little trouble finding a boat ferry to Inhaca Island but finally the hotel helped us and were set. The ferry left in the morning. It was a two hour ride to the Island. The tide was very low so a boat had to come retrieve us from the ferry to take us ...

... empresa, estanpando seu slogan, "estamos juntos" espalhadas por mocambique eh impressionante, nao importa onde estejas, quer queira, quer nao, estaras junto a eles. Ainda na fronteira tambem se percebe a diferenca entre os dois paises. Basta cruzar o limite da Africa do Sul para comecar a ver casas de niveis bem mais precarias. Creio que foi o primeiro contato de algumas pessoas do meu time com esse tipo de realidade. Se para mim existe um impacto em estar por aqui, imagino ...

... Another empty stomach. I went back for some more para-ffin treatment pampering, and then hit Jardim dos Mariscos (Seafood Garden) restaurant around the corner from Joana's for a giant prawn and lobster feast with Carlos. We said our goodbyes, wished each other well, and that's that. Now really. It's over! But I loved today. ABSOLUTELY loved it! For those in Amsterdam, tot snel! For those elsewhere....maybe see you soon too! Besos... home time now. Really! I want home!

... gt; which is great (although, why did the beef at dinner have this weird spicy taste? Ok, lekker genoeg, but then I was a little confused when the poached egg and wrinkly sausage at 5am on descent into nairobi had the self same smell..hmm beef and pork, they should taste different? vreeemd!). Great because your pillow and little blanket and head rest cover and mat to your "one serving meal" (the expression from Fight Club escapes me now) have pictures of lions and ...

We've got mixed feelings about Maputo as everyone we've met so far has pretty much slated the place in contrast to the guidebooks which seem to love it. Two nights there and we're def taken by the place. Had we come straight there from the UK we'd probably think the place was really backward but to us it's a welcome change back into civilisation. More of the colonial architecture and a thriving almost ...

... The city of Maputo itself was pretty depressed-looking. There was garbage everywhere (and not litter, but rather dumpster-sized loads on street corners) and the buildings looked like they'd all been gutted by fires and explosions (and maybe they had...Mozambique's civil war only ended in the early 90s, I think). That night, we had one of the best meals I've had in Africa. We went to the fishmarket which has a ...

... vou para a minha casa, fecho a porta do meu quarto e dou início ao meu ritual. Não foi isso que eu te perguntei, respondi eu. Então eu disse: mais uma vez. Macucule, como é o seu relacionamento com Deus? Ele respondeu: se eu não respondi então eu não sei. Mas eu faço tudo certinho, vou a igreja, leio a bíblia, faço o meu ritual caseiro, tudo certinho... Sabe o que eu vejo, Macucule? O que? Respondeu ele demonstrando curiosidade. Vejo voc ...