Southern Sun Maputo

... 's surface is imposing some respect. Apart from America, Asia, Europe and to a lesser extent Oceania, not a lot of continents can pride themselves of being as vast... (Pierre Desproges, French writer) Joke aside, join me in Southern Africa this year...

... . I'm talking about Tofo, a beautiful beachside resort (though smallest, most laidback resort I've ever seen), which is on the Southern peninsula and accessed from Maxixe by taking a ten minute litle boat ride to a pretty town called Inhambane and then ...

... was ecstatic to be here and more happy then ever to step out of the Airport and into the warm African sun.  My layover in Joburg taught me one thing: Southern Africa in the winter can be really REALLY cold. I was in a t-shirt and when walking on the ...

... was a pretty rock, and I could pretty much see all of swaziland from the top. It is the smallest country in the southern hemisphere eh? there's your trivia moment of the day. Yesterday I took a minibus out of Mlilwane into another park, impressively named ...

... see religion on the beach.  Comparisons to Brazil once again occur.  The weather is surprisingly cool after the sun goes down, Maputo still a bit outside the tropics and August not even springtime yet.  When the day to leave finally comes, ...

... , I will fly from Bangkok to Johannesburg with a direct flight on Thai Airways. In Jo'burg, I will catch a connecting flight to Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. (This flight segment will be one of the most expensive flights I've ever taken on a price ...

... I was knackered and at least we know now our tent is waterproof even in a thunder storm! The next day we explored ‘Southern Africa’s most attractive capital’ (according to our good friend the LP), now I like to give the LP the benefit ...

... a dozen mind-changes and re-routings. During this time, I went from barely knowing where Africa was - to knowing the countries of Southern and Eastern Africa like the back of my hand. (Where all those red spots are, which you'll read about a little ...

... stressful time of the year that my friend and I made a rash decision to go on a long weekend to the Maputo Elephant Reserve in southern Mozambique. The matter was decided as follows: "Pete, its Steve, are you free to go to Mozambique this weekend? ...

... 8217;Agulhas I found urgently needed water and snacks. I then peddled town to the point, fighting a head wind to Africa’s southern most tip. A beautiful panorama of sprinkled lawns, white washed houses and jagged rocks lay on land. At sea the cold ...

... their wallets. The stingy kiwi's came out in full effect during our time in Tofo bay, a beachside backpacker hangout on the southern coast of Mozambique. The dive operator there told us about a great snorkeling spot down the coast called Praia do ...

... and we had a hard time finding a half way decent place to stay for the night. Our sights were firmly set on getting to southern Mozambique as quick as possible so that we could get some beach days into the last few weeks of our trip. But rushing to ...

... park seemed a bit deserted - again I credit the winter for the that.  Tired, we decided to let the Lonely Planet Southern Africa guide us to a place of supposedly great African Cuisine. Unfortunately it turned out to be a pub with food from all over ...

... since yesterday, but for completeness sake (and to show lots of cool pics!) we share the last month and a half of our Southern African holiday with you. We posted our last update in Maun, Botswana, just before heading to the Makgadikgadi salt pans. First ...

... and ripped shade cloth. But all manner of trinketry and cloth imaginable is still on display, From traditional tribal dress of southern Kerala and Karnataka, to nose rings from Nepal, hookahs and hair-dos, guarana cocktails and bottled holy Ganges water. ...

... As much as I’m happy to get a little more sun in NC than in Seattle, you won’t see us moving to Florida or Southern California… ever. Miss you! Love, Zanne and Jackson PS as a side note, we found another “the US should have ...

... in the back of a delivery truck to get down to Beira, Mozambique’s second largest city, before hitting the southern coastline. Awoken several times by police flashlights. They’re real dickheads about passports here. I’ve never been ...