Radisson Blu Hotel, Maputo

... Humm!!!.. not the info we were looking for..Thus into the Shorty and off Northward we go.. Success final we approached the red line on the GPS and it was good and it felt good to be back on the tarmac.. The time was now approaching 4:00pm and we had some way to go to get to the next camp site.. Suddenly we passed a Car with a ZA sticker on the back.. This means South Africans.. this also means English so I screech to a halt jump out and run ...

... freshly harvested sea salt, palm frond brooms, fabric,<br>and&#8212;if you need something to store all these items in&#8212;plastic<br>containers from China. There are also shops where you can buy African<br>print clothing: men&#8217;s lounge pants and long sleeve shirts as well as<br>women&#8217;s &#8220;skorts&#8221; and dresses.<br><br>While discovering Ilha, I learned<br>that the government, realizing that the fort was an important part of<br>Mozambique ...

... gevries in plastiek toegedraai op die Baai se lughawe sal moes gaan eien. Die weldoenn** vat Sakkie huis toe en daar gee sy hom toe die trui en Long Johns.<br><br>So het ek, 'n bosveld** my e**ste &#8220;Long John gekry. Iets wat ek altyd gedink het net Engelse en ou mans dra, en definitief geen man wat al rugby gespeel het sal dra nie! Maar in die bibb**ende Britse wint** was die Long John se d**de eienaar te bly oor die lang wit ond**broek.<br><br>Ek het die bruin trui elke dag ...

... museum (rubbish) and the Maputo modern art exhibition (actually quite brilliant). Finally some people turned up at the backpackers and we went to the fishmarket for dinner. Each of us threw in some money and we feasted on giant prawns, shrimp, calamari and a huge 5lb grouber. That night I went to sleep painfully full but happy.

... upon arrival and if they said the price should be 700, we would pay him that .... and of course they did not. Anyways that was our first experience with Mozambique - someone trying to rip us off. :) The backpackers place also tried to give us a more expensive room than what we had booked. After a small discussion the lady gave us the room we had booked. Maputo Backpackers is ...

... later a flash yellow pick-up stopped and drove us out to a little piece of paradise&gt; Praia do Farol (Lighthouse Beach...no prizes for guessing why it's called that). The drive there was a lot of fun as we sat in the open air back being jostled and almost be-headed by passing palm tree leaves and other foliage. This group of 5 boys ran after our truck as we drove through one of the teeeeny townships and jumped on board and next thing we knew Carlos ...

... on schedule at 11am again, and we were out again, Anna to work and me to explore this city Maputo. Tried to buy tickets for the boat to Inhaca and the Isle of the Portuguese (Ilha dos Portugueses) tomorrow, but the only fruit my wait rendered, was the honest interest of the guard who repeatedly requested my number...I said it'd cost him a lot and my husband wouldn't be so pleased, he replies he'd pay what it took to hear my voice "e pra matar saudades ...

... Zambia was not on our itinery so this had not been looked into - and now here we were looking to do white water rafting, lion walks and microlighting and we didn't have a pot to pee in. So for four days we ... well when in Rome ... we begged and borrowed cash of our fellow travellers. we managed to go white water rafting down the Zambeze - it was quite rough but not as full on as when we did it on the Nile in Uganda - I had a boat with 3 other girls in it including Lou ...

... admit though, I was wrong in my quick assumption on the beaches south of Vilanculos. Enter Tofo. Tofo is this small sleepy little fishing village about 5 hours south of Vilanculos. Not easy to get to, it took me two minibuses, followed up by a ****** old rowboat with motor and 30 people crossing a bay to city of Inhumbane. From there, I waited a good 1.5 hours as the local minibus drivers refused to charge me the local bus rate to ...

... are you leaving?' Now, tiens! Ah, no, there is no power so it will come back on within 4 hours, normally, so come back then. Hubby says, no way, we just drive to the border. Me: 'what if they do not let us in?' He: 'then we drive back, it is only an hour drive'. Makes sense to me and here we go. The expensive toll road is indeed comfortable and we reach the border after an hour. As usual, a little manny is jumping on us. They 'escort' you through a village, a ...