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18 August 2010

Mozambique - too great to have time to write

The title says it all. Mozambique has been to great for me to have time to hang out too much in the internet cafes :)
First Tete - in the north. Cold and rainy (although it´s supposed to be Mozambique´s hottest place), but a really nice town, with good people and an amazing bridge over Zambezi. I LOVE bridges, by the way.
Then Chimoio - a whole day of meeting interesting people: Mozambiquans, Canadian, Austrian, Spanish... And the first day of Ramadan, start of anti-malaria sprayings and a busy day at the market.
Beira - three days with a French family of couchsurfers - with two sweetest little girls on Earth. Lots of inspiring stories (from living in French Guyana and Madagascar), projects (compost-producing business in Beira!!!), books (Consuming twice less for twice better living :)), music (there´s a whole new list on my computer) and a good time of running errands in Beira, going out with friends, gardening in the backyard... Wonderful wonderful time.
Quelimane. Short but sweet - a beautiful town, perfect for an afternoon walk.
Nampula. A beautiful town with amazing post-colonial buildings, wide streets and surprisingly almost no life after dark. Why?? Still, good people and a really good, although small ethnographic musem with a good collection of Makonde masks and wonderful staff, giving English lessons while there are no visitors :)
And now I´m in heaven. Officially called Ilha de Moçambique. Sort of little Zanzibar, but much smaller, much more beautfiul and much less touristy (although still quite touristy compared to the other towns I visited). Still, it´s incredibly beautiful, relaxed and filled with good people.
Photos are coming, but I need to figure out how to connect my computer here.

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