Sep 20, 2009 - Spring Break: Mozambique 2009

Olá meus amigos! Last week was spring break (my second one of the year) in Mozambique! And I must say, it was one of the most adventurous trips I have ever been on in my entire life. Let me start from the beginning – we left Cape Town on a Saturday to fly to Johannesburg. From there, we took a cab to a nearby town called Midrand. It was such a strange ride because he kept playing the same psychadelic/techno/instrumental song on repeat and we were all going crazy! We arrived at the hotel and were able to watch TV for the first time since...

Jun 26, 2009 - MOZAMBIQUE, Bilene

For a quick overview of Mozambique by the BBC, click here It was a very easy border crossing from South Africa into Mozambique (even with a vehicle). The Mozambique side was even better organized than South Africa and was able to issue us visas on-the-spot in 5 minutes flat! We had heard so much about the danger of the bad roads and potholes in Mozambique. The initial drive into the capital city was on a perfect road. We encountered a few potholes on the way to Bilene, but nothing yet to warrant the bad-mouthing South Africans give the...

May 23, 2008 - Last Day in Mozambique

We reserved our flight from Inhambane to Maputo online, but then had to go to the airport to pay for it - good job though, cos they´d got us going to Johannesburg! We got interviewed by a university student for his project - interesting as he had limited English and our Portuguese is worse! Had our photo taken too, so we will be famous at Inhambane University. After, we had a nice 2km walk through a bustling village to Inhambane for our last visit there. More on the rats - they can also detect Tuberculosis in humans now - the people blow...

Dec 23, 2007 - Fronteira, chegada e afins

No meu terceiro dia oficial de férias, ainda não parei pra escrever, ainda não descansei e ainda não abri minha mala. A tensão-pré-viagem foi destruidora, até ontem muito stress a enfrentar. Primeiro, no Brasil, após quase perder o ônibus que vai pra Guarulho, tive que tolerar um mini interrogatório da Policia Federal, no aeroporto, porque uma mulher (brasileira) chegando sozinha no aeroporto de guarulhos, indo pra África do Sul, que é rota de....deixa pra lá...boa coisa não vai fazer. Turismo? hospedagem onde? Volta em fevereiro, então...