Ibo Beach

... of all meals, tours of the island, and a trip out to a secluded sand bar for breakfast on the beach. The lodge was great, and Ibo was a very interesting place to visit. There is an old fortress and some deteriorating colonial properties, as well as ...

... dark at :4:30am so it was a long day. We got a bunk at Russell's Place, a camping ground outside of the town of Pemba along a beach. Russell's a great guy and has a nice bar where it seems all the ex-pats in Pemba hang out for a beer. We spent two days ...

... forests.  As far as natural beauty goes, Ibo and the other Quirimbas islands are blessed with it (although Ibo does not possess the perfect desert island beach that you might expect from all the hype). So what else does it have that could justify the ...

... and was going to pick up some supplies for the house Smitty was building. He'd bought the 2 acres of land, just off the beach for $5000! Spent the first 20 minutes on the boat bailing like crazy. The boat was leaking like a sieve. Once our ...

... realised the locals all used the beach as their toilet so despite the comedy signs advising people not to unload on the beach, they clearly were - nice! Anyway, after a minor incident with the local police trying to get their money´s worth from the ...

... any longer. We mutinied and Joe took the helm. Before we knew it he was over the side and trying to drag his dhow off the beach with the rubber dinghy. He was shouting orders and soon Rob and Sineet were also in the water, trying to push the boat free. ...

... FOUR we stay at same anchorage, early breakfast kayak to Baia de Montepuez passing Metundvo, Quilalea, Sencar, Quirimba Island lunch on beach of Quirimba Island, walk on the island back to cat, similar end to the exiting day DAY FIVE leisurely sail back ...

... on the Indian Ocean was at 5:25 and we spotted a few more dolphins along the way. We arrived back in Pemba on the fisherman's beach at about 9am. The locals use all the beaches in the area as their toilets and it's not uncommon to see 5 people lined ...

... me...but as I said earlier, I think it's important to try to give the full picture, including the duldrums. The Olyudeniz Beach stretches out into the Mediterranean in a peninsula.  But there is another peninsula such that the two peninsulas form a ...

... and fish at a real locals restaurant. Next day and the island looks great, old colonial buildings but not as dilapidated as Ibo! It used to be the Mozambique capital up until the 1900s. We had a relaxing day and went to visit the old ...

... before I even looked at the rooms. There were a number of other backpackers there and it was located right on the picturesque Wimbi beach, very different from Pemba centre! Got my first shower in 3 days, had a couple of 2M beers with the 2 Afrikaner ...

... 'o Veloso. Libelula is the place for a relaxed holiday, with camping and accommodation between 8 to 75 USD. They also have a private beach and offer diving. Now we found ourselves dreaming of having a little place of our own, contrary to all our previous ...

MONDAY 25TH JULY Moved to another camp site in Pemba nearer to town and beach and cheaper.Problems with truck trying to change gearbox oil. People who had reconditioned gearbox had buggered up the drain plug so had to take it to a bus garage where it took ...