Monday
14 May – Inhambane/Maxixe
This morning we walked up to the market along the road and
waited for the bus to Inhambane. The bus was broken down closer to town ,so we
took a chappa(taxi) for 75 Mets to Inhambane. When we got to town we were
needing to try and find an inverter as ours has blown, so we did a fair bit of
walking to and fro in search of an electrical shop of sorts.We then headed down to the jetty to catch a dhow across to Maxixe, pronounced Masheesh. This is a 62km trip around by road. We were able to get Captain John and his crew of Pedro, to take us over for 500 Metacais return trip (About R150 for all 5 of us there and back. It is a very busy little port with lots of locals catching the motorized ferry with all their wares, which always looks dangerously overloaded.
Evidently once a year in November they have a traditional race on Inhambane Bay and the prize money can amount to as much as a years earnings.
We had an amazing trip on the dhow. It was
so peaceful hearing the lap of the waves against the boat and the flapping of
the sails in the wind. It took us about 40 minutes there. We then walked around
Maxixe for a bit and then headed back to Captain John and his dhow for our trip
back. We saw some flamingos on our trip over and we counted 71 jelly fish on
our way back.
Once back in Inhambane we walked over to the
Casa Da Capitao Hotel, which is a really
smart hotel on the waters edge in Inhambane.
We had visited it once before and knew we would not be able to afford to
eat there. We had some cooldrinks and
shared a very cheap meal of bread and
pate and then didn’t feel so bad about using their beautiful pool.
Swimming at Casa da Capitao
Bryce on Dhow
Dhow back to Inhambane with cathedral in background
On the walk back to town we went passed the old cathedral near the jetty, with an imposing new one that is over the road from the 18th century Cathedral. We went to the bakery and bought some awesome rolls and the divine pao . After that we went to stock up on groceries at the Chinese Supermarket. Back to the market to get a chappa to Tofo village. We got our own private chappa for 250 metacais as we were all tired and keen to get back to Bamboozi. Taxi dropped us at Tofo market where we picked up our fresh vegetables and a coconut for the kids to try. They reckon the juice is overrated but the flesh is palatable. Back along the beach and “home again.”
Tasting of coconut
We went down to the beach this evening for
Bryce to do a small memorial for his friend Bom who tragically passed away. He
had written a letter which we burnt in the coconut shell and he then threw it
out to sea. Was quite an emotional
experience and is still hard to believe.Remembering Bom in Mozambique
Tomorrow we will be leaving for Morrungulo which is about 200km away. Will try post more when we are able to.
Remembering Bom in Mozambique
Tomorrow we will be leaving for Morrungulo which is about 200km away. Will try post more when we are able to.
Howzeet Du Preezzesses,
ReplyDeleteVery jealous. Sounds like you guys are having a real adventure. Keep the blogs coming, it is great to read about what you are up to.
Cheers, Arno and Lucille
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