Mozambique Tofu Bamboozi - 11-13 May 2012

Have been having the most amazing weather here, where everyday is more of the same. We have settled into a semi-routine where we wake up, have a  small breakfast. Grant & Bryce generally head down to the beach and Bryce surfs. Mitch, Aimee and I go for a short run along the beach towards the market, buy fresh bread and veggies for the day and then a gentle stroll back  along the beach.

Bamboozi Restaurant from beach

Morning run

Bryce surfing

Today ( Saturday), Grant & Bryce took the scooter to market, where they met us for a swim after our run and then Aimee hitched a ride back with Grant.

Grant & Aimee on scooter.

The rest of the day was fairly lazy with some housekeeping chores to be done. Clothes washing, spring clean of motorhome, haircuts  and of course the obligatory swim/surf/boogie board.

Moz hair salon

 Went to look at the Tofhino side of town, some beautiful spots there.

Tomorrow( Sunday) we are hitching a ride to Barra Lodge to have a look at Lighthouse campsite on the way, as well as have a mothers day breakfast and to use the wi-fi to update the blog.

To our two very special grannies, we wish you a very Happy Mothers day and hope you have an awesome day. We love you lots.

Sunday 13 May 2012

Have had a fantastic day, woke up and got some chocolates for mothers day which is a real treat. We got a lift with one of the managers Dee Dee and her husband Henry to Barra Lodge. We were taken on the scenic route which runs parallel to the coast. They stopped off to let us see the Barra Lighthouse campsite on the way, the most amazing views over the Barra Bay. We are still deciding if we should go and stay there or do Inhambane and dhow over to Maxixe as we are going to be a bit tight on our 30 day tourist visa and will need to go out of Moz and back in again to renew. Their little 4 year old son, Reece, was our tour guide on the back of landrover and the kids really enjoyed the ride as well as the last stretch to Barra on the beach.
As Phil Collins would say,"Another day in Paradise." We had the awesome buffet breakfast at Barra and caught up with Jani who used to work at Bamboozi and is now at Barra. "We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun!" Chilled at the pool, did some route planning, kids read and enjoyed the pool. At about 14h00 we started walking back to the point where the taxis collect. We only had to wait about 15minutes and then we piled in. We counted 27 of us by the time we hit half way, 4 hanging off side and 2 on the back. It was great to drive passed the small villages and get the feel of a lazy Sunday in local Moz. Lots of them just hanging out, some on there way to play or watch soccer.

outside Barra Lodge

poolside

Restaurant in background

Walking to first chapa stop

The first stretch of our trip only took about 40 minutes and cost us 25 Metacais/R7-50, when we got to Barbalaza the taci continued to Inhambane. We had a long wait and eventually decided to take a local Isuzu taxi to Bamboozi at about 10 times the rate. 250 Metacais/R75.
There was no wi-fi available at Barra today, so we are back at Dino's Beach Bar. Our first visit included a pizza and now we have resorted to the local beer(2M) and fruit juices. We may become alcoholics doing this blog.