Pemba (Jan 7th- 12th by Paul)The drive from Ilha do Mozambique to Pemba took a few hours but the roads were in generally good condition, with the odd pothole. The scenery along the drive was quite spectacular, with large rock formations called Inselbergs (I think). We had planned to stay at "Russell's Place", at Wimbe beach, just outside of Pemba, so we didn't see much of Pemba that day. We arrived late afternoon and found Russell sitting by the bar hav...

Ilha Do Mocambique - World Heritage Site (Jan 5th - 7th) Ilha Do Mocambique was a place I was sure was going to be one of the highlights of Mozambique, it definitely was but as our time in Mozambique comes to an end I realize that all of this country has been a surprising highlight especially the people. There is definitely a language barrier but everyone is so friendly and welcoming that with a bit of sign language and broken attempts at Portuguese and Englis...

On the road, Vilanculos to Ilha The road from Vilanculos to Ilha do Mocambique was a long one but there wasn't really much in between that was on our to do list, Gorongosa National Park might have been if it had been open but at this time of year it is closed for the rains. I guess the highlight of the trip would be the scenery and our first crossing of the great and might Zambezi river. The roads north of Vilanculos were surprisingly good and we sped al...

New Year and Snorkelling in Vilanculos (Dec 28th- 2nd) Vilanculos was somewhere that I thought sounded amazing when reading about it in the guide book before arriving, the gate way to the magical (if expensive) Bazaruto Archipelago and all it's underwater wonders.At first sight it looked like it was going to disappoint but we had a small inkling that it wasn't the paradise that it might have been when on our Christmas day horse ride Volker had told us it had bee...

Tofo - Christmas at the Beach (23rd - 28th Dec) As we left the camp site, we hadn't heard from Alex the day before, as there was no phone reception, so didn't really know when he would arrive in Xai-Xai. Not long after we left the beach for the 10km drive to town we hit some phone reception and the texts began coming in, with the last one saying he was in town already and was begging us to get there and pick him up. As we approached the "bus station", ...