…. very last day! Now we can’t avoid good-byes and packing. We buy our last souvenirs, spend our last time on the beach, have our last dip in the Indian Ocean. Every breath, every look is consciously. We end the day with…
Day 366 – 373: Tofo
Yes, we have returned, and with us the humpback whales. We can see them breaching and flapping their fins from the beach. Need to get closer! Therefore another sea safari. And indeed, we do get close. Unfortunately the whales don’t want…
Day 365: on the road again
No taxi this time. We decide to take public transport. Our destination: Tofo again. This means we have to take a Chapa (=minibus) to Maxixe, four hours. Luckily the vehicle is just about to leave but that also means that…
Day 363: a trip to Bazaruto
A trip to paradise. Just the four of us and two skippers on a boat, passing dolphins heading towards an island with high sand dunes, near a reef. As we are early we are the first to arrive and have the…
Crashing a party
On the way back up from the beach, strolling through a bamboo hut suburb, we hear the sound of a lot of singing. A big family is having a great craic and they invite us to be part of it.…
Day 360 – 364: Vilanculo
We take a Tofo break and head on north to Vilanculo, another quite popular spot for tourists. Lets see what awaits us. We stay in little huts with awful communal toilets and a badly equipped, filthy kitchen but a bar with…
Day 355 to 359: back in Tofo
Five full days in Tofo again. Nice to be back. We really enjoy that we know the place and its people. There is Sonja from Tofo Tofo, a restaurant with live music and buffet on Tuesdays, Marisa, who does the movie nights…
Day 352 – 354: a trip to the border via Maputo
Our visas are running out. That means we have to go to the border, which means we have to go to Maputo first which means getting up at 3 a.m. to catch the four o’clock bus and a seven hours…
Another Ocean Safari
Anik and I decide to use our second chance and we don’t get disappointed. Two manta rays let us join them for at least 15 minutes. Then we get called back into the boat. We also see two mantas breach, which is apparently really…
A trip to Mango Beach
Today we walk along the opposite direction of Tofinho. First on the road, which means through deep sand along a swamp and through little settlements. We pass a lot of people dressed up for church. Churches are a big thing…