Good bye Mozambique

We left you in Tofo on the beach, where we had some great walks, both during the day and in the evening. We found a favorite restaurant for crayfish and prawns and on our walks home were treated to clear skies and the cloud of the Milky Way. One afternoon both Mike and I spent a lot of time in the ocean on a rented boogie board. The waves were a little small for a surf board but brought us right up to the sandy shore.  A group of 15 went snorkling in hopes of swimming with whale sharks. First hour and a half brought no joy, but when ordered to jump in the water Mike went over immediately and was stunned to face a whale shark headed straight for him. The shark glided past within arms reach , the tail being about the same height as Mike. As the tail went by he was swamped by a flurry of arms and flipper clad feet as the rest of the boat chased after the shark. Very cool...very few had as good a view.

The countryside in Mozambique is poor, with the people mostly in grass houses, but the settlements are neat and tidy and the people we met very friendly.

In Vilcanculos the highlight was a Dhow trip to an island offshore...very Robinson Crusoe. We both snorkled the coral reef. That night we were sent into the village to get another passport photo. It was in a little shop hidden down an alleyway ( our driver found it) . The photographer was able to produce a picture so dreadful that you will never ever see it . That effort was a special night price of 4 times the usual amount.

Last words from Mike:  You will be interested to hear that all our tents are named after fancy hotels. Our tent however is the Faulty Towers. Speaking of tents we have found out a worthwhile lesson regarding camping and weaver birds. Weaver bird colonies are pretty neat and one campground had a colony (always suspended in a tree) right in the middle of it. Dave and Graham  set up under the tree and within 30 minutes one side of the tent was covered with birdshit. Sort of like stucco.

This computer is not reading our camera so there will be no pictures for now. This blog is catching you up with Mozambique, we are posting it from Zimbabwe and hope to get up to date tomorrow.    

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