Discovering Africa

It is never too late to write about Easter and an amazing trip to the center/north of the country to visit Tofo beach. The trip started early morning, with a glorious sunrise with reddish orange tons and some hours of sleep left. In a small but spacious Nissan Cube, we did the approximately 10 hours ride to the destiny, being gifted once again by the outstanding landscape and endless roads lined with coconut trees. Foto taken by my flatmate João at the sunrise The roads there are just like this....... endlessly beautiful     Quissico lagoon is one of the paradisic spots in the way there   Once arriving we were hosted by Fatima's Backpackers, which is a super relaxed, friendly and well decorated hostel and were separated in common rooms with bunkbeds.   Arrival's view   The indispensable bednet     In this great weekend we included a "patched-sailing boat" trip to the pig Island, which is now a bit of a tourist...

(It is harder than i thought to keep an active blog :p) I’ve been wanting for a long time to make a compilation of the most funny and startling details in Maputo’s daily life. I'll start by describing how one can move in Maputo, since there is no such thing called "public transport". Basically there are four types of "wheel vehicle" that can bring you from one point of the city to the other: the chapas - which are 9 seats vans that actually have no upper limit regarding the number of people that can fit in.  The second one is the txopela, which is a motorcycle with a three seat place in the backside and a cover in the top. For me these are the most fun, since the drivers totally over value their vehicles and drive like they are in rally’s, above holes, super near the other cars, or above walking paths. Some of them have music in the back and neon lights, which make this trips even more pleasant. Txopela The third is the taxi. There a...