Guludo Beach Lodge Quirimbas National Park

... and I just enjoyed exploring the islands, amazing for whoever likes swimming in turquoise sea, eating fresh seafood and taking pictures of people with preserved traditions (see the pictures of the ladies and kids with wood-powder masks, beauty masks aiming at protecting from the sun, whitening and softening the skin)<br>

<br>Invited to stay in a local family for 2 nights was a REAL experience. The conditions in which they live are not bad, the most difficult thing to get used to is that their notions of hygiene is very different from ours. But I have been warmly welcomed by Elena and her 5 children and she fed me like her own child, calling me on my cell phone when dinner was ...

Not a great accomodation, clean and enough as all the activities are turned on outdoor : walking or driving safaris. Not a lot of animals to see, but a very beautifull and amazing landscape.<br>And here it's adventure first<br>to have an idea www.taratibulodge.com <br>Fairwinds<br>Corto

The transport here was smooth sailing. It may not sound like it at first but everying worked out perfectly. The truck picked us up at 3am in front of our hostel, which took us to the mini bus, which took us to an intersection, where we caught the Pempa bound bus after only 2 minutes of waiting. We got the back ...

... was joking, then gradually realized he was serious. I told him he shouldn't be driving, so we switched immediately, then 5 minutes later got pulled over at a police checkpoint. After the usual round of questions, searching for a weakness to exploit, we learned that the car's insurance had expired in March. I pointed out to the police officer that according to the paper we found in the glove compartment it was valid until December 3, but then realized 12-3-08 is March 12th, 2008 ...

... vrou Angelique haal ons vair die aand van die straat af en gee ons nie net goeie geselskap nie,maar ook n bed vir die aand. Weer 4 uur opstaan vir die Nampula bus. Twwe uur die middag is ons Nampula waar ek ons gidsboek in 'n taxi vergeet.Ons boek in n kamer in vir die aand.Willemien rus voor die tv terwyl ek die straate en Shoprite gaan verken. Weer 'n 4 uur opstaan vir die Pemba bus. Theo(vriend) kom laai ons in Pemba op. Hy, Minonge en ...

... one interesting trip to a local market and to interesting nights at the local nightspot pemba was a bit on the boring side, over priced, over developed, and over hyped. it was undoubtedly a beautifully situated town but lacking the kick that malawi had and i had become accustomed to

... hot, wet, purple and exhausted, physically and mentally, when I arrived. There was no public transport until 06:00 and no taxi was prepared to pick me up, not that I would have paid for such an extravagance. Hundreds of farm labourers walked past me and either gave me confused looks or laughed under their breath. There were groups of woman walking with their heavy hoes and packed lunches balanced on their head. I got excited every time a bicycle came by ...

... was a very strong gentleman for his age and stood 6'2. Together with the other passengers we took a truck for the bumpy 2 hour drive up to the border. Boss bought me some more of the tasty dried fish along the way. He had secured us the back 2 seats on the truck thinking he was doing us a favour, but of course the back of the truck in the bumpiest and it also meant we got clouds of black smoke blowing into our faces for most of the journey ...

Flo invited Susana and I to stay with him (outside his house?) on Ibo. We set up camp on the stoep and promptly became a local attraction. After a couple of weeks of doing very little but wander the historic ruins on Ibo we discovered that Flo had all the dive equipment you could want inside the house just in time for us to leave ...