4 July, 2015 Vilanculous, Mozambique Archipelago Resort Today's walk around the neighborhood discovered us a dhow being built, a dhow being repaired and a view of the dhows going out for the morning fish / prawn catch. This scene has a timeless rhythm to it & is has probably not changed for hundreds of years. There is no official recycling but a lot of items are repurposed. The dhow sails are often made of old plastic maize, sugar type bags. Empty wine b...

3 July, 2015 Vilanculous, Mozambique Archipelago Resort We are enjoying chilling in one spot I have to say. Yesterday's walk ended being very hot & bothersome so today we headed off much earlier so much cooler. Not far up the road we came across what we had thought yesterday was a college and today this was confirmed by large groups of students in graduation gear including mortar boards preparing for their big day. Groups of proud parents dressed to th...

2 July, 2015 Vilanculos, Mozambique Awoke to the birds & soft rustle of coconut palm leaves. After emails, organizing our bbq for tonight & chatting to manager about Zimbabwe & the roads we set off on our exercise walk along the beach accompanied by the resort dogs. Well kept, inoculated animals too which is great. I smiled when commenting on dogs & resorts I was informed that they are working dogs, their jobs are to bark at intruders at night w...

1 July, 2015 Tofu to Vilanculos, Mozambique Upped sticks early so on the road by 8.30am. One GPS said 4hrs drive, the other 5.5hrs so interesting to see which is correct. The road is good, reasonably recently resurfaced, straight and undulates into the distance. For a fair while all that is for sale is coconuts, firewood and the ubiquitous charcoal, and talking about ubiquitous .... It seems to us that every childbearing female has a babe on back or is pregnan...

29 June, 2015 Tofu, Mozambique Another gorgeous morning so off we went to explore the other side of the peninsular, Praia da Barra. It's only about 10 km away and the road says 4x4 only but it was not that bad so got there quickly. Firstly went along the Lagoon side where there is an array of accommodation, some seem better days, some exclusive & gorgeous looking. We spotted some that may suit for our return trip. Then followed the road along the mangrove s...