Ibo Island Lodge

<br>Ibo was a major slave trading port in the 18th century, occupied first by the Arabs traders and then then the Portuguese. It is now made of ruined colonial buildings and streets with pavements, while the surrounding houses are made of makuti - straws, and mud...<br> <br>It is one of the main islands of the beautiful Quirimbas ...

... br>And communication in broken portuguese was... interesting.<br><br>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!<br><br>Would it not have been for a few problems on the beach ...

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

... of the bus to ourselves for the whole 7 hour ride. We stayed at Wimbi Sun Hotel, just across the street from the beach. We had pretty nice weather, and we would eat at restaurants on the beach and stay there all day. We also go into the habit of crashing the really expensive hotel on the beach, especially ...

... die sinkdak ons wakker.die gedruis raak harder en harder. In my lewe het ek nog nooit so geraas van drupples beleef nie. Ek gaan kyk by die voordeur uit hoe lyk die watervlakke in die straat.Vir dieeerste maal in my lewe is ek bang vir verdrink tydens 'n donderbui.Die water loop dik in die straat af, maar ons lyk veilig.die Mosambieker by ontvangs lyk ook rustig. Vier uur die oggend is ons reg om die taxi Mocuba toe te vang. In die geweste ...

Made the snap decision to take the Dhow with Steve and Roberto to Ibo. The Swedes had dropped out. I'd wanted to go to Ibo originally but decided I didn't have time. The chance to take a Dhow, something I'd wanted to do also, had changed my mind. Smitty gave us a ride to the shop to get some supplies for what should have been about a 10 hour trip. The Border Collie that resided the Russell's Place sat on the bonnet of the Land Rover for ...

... to cross the Rovuma River. It was very wide and had a strong current that meant we had about a 20 minute crossing time. The boat was very low in the water and we got stuck on a sand bank at some point. I was happy to get across safely in the end. There were lots of birds across this river and it seemed like it would be a great spot for birders. Once over the river we had a 2km walk from the boat to the road. This was all over some very ...

We had a bit of a rough trip up to Pemba as 2 hours into our bus ride from Nacala our bus broke down (AGAIN!!). It started out rough as we got to the station at 4:30am again only to find that it was jammed with people. Virginie knew the drill and she was tasked with using any means necessary to get us a seat while I cajoled our bags onto the bus (some have asked why V is on seat duty and not me given that I am much larger, but I guarantee you that in the melee that ensues on ...

... diving in what's supposed to be one of the most beautiful dive areas in the world. Bugger. We set off back to Pemba and the long drive back to Malawi for the "lake of stars" festival. We met loads of cool people on Ibo many expats and Saffers building lodges in Moz. As always many of the Saffers had questionable liberal pedigrees.