Pemba Beach Hotel

... I have motocross boots, a $800 helmet, Wiggis new jacket, good gloves etc... and all of it is quite second hand now.
In Zambia the road is a farm yard with cows goats people etc everywhere.
A cow walked in front of me so i hit the brakes dam quick, Dave was following a little to close , was tired and not concentrating. . He hit the back of the bike doing 100ks, it ripped my nice new side box off ...

... br>And communication in broken portuguese was... interesting.

I then decided it was enough hard experience, and treated myself in a "normal" backpacker, in a "clean" dorm...and took the Advanced Diving level in a local Diving School. One day I swam with a whale and its calf... magic!

Would it not have been for a few problems on the beach ...

... us of their infinity pool. Although, we did think we were going to get kicked out one day! The beach is in a beautiful bay surrounded by trees. It was a good place to relax and get rejuvinated to continue traveling. It has been some tough bus rides, even if it is easy it is still dehydrating and draining.

... ou peut etre un minibus passera quelque part a un moment donne - j-adore cette incertitude. Finalement le minibus nous trouve et nous mene de l-autre cote du pont ou nous sommes transvases a un autre bus legerement plus grand. Comme d-hab, le chauffeur a decide d-amortir le trajet a bloc et nous sommes 12 sur la banquette arriere, la hanche de Damien me broyant les cotes. On compresse une quantite inimaginable de personnes dans 12m carres et apres 3h30, on a ...

... daar net een maal 'n dag 'n bus of 'n taxi na die volgende dorp.As jy dit mis wag jy tot more. Die modderige en baie sawk grondpad loop deur pargtige tropiese plantegroei. 'n ou vuil katdraal in di emiddel van die bos laat 'n blywende indrau terwyl ek aan my lam boud dink wat halfpad op die stukkende sitplek ingedruk is terwyl die anderboud in die lug hang. ons kom 10 uur die oggend in Mocuba aan ,maar steeds te laat vir napula se bus. Ben en ...

We left Lilongwe early as we had been warned to expect a long wait at the border with Mozambique. The road to the border saw us directed down a dirt path, where we met another 24 wheeler. We past it, just, with both trucks half in the ditch. Getting stamped out of Malawi was no problem and fools some of those on the tuck into a false sense that this will be a piece of **** getting into Mozambiqwue. At Kandi Beach we had ...