tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82768948657775366562024-03-05T06:18:52.232-05:00Ro + Mozambique + Blog = RozamblogA pique at what I'm up to in the 'BiqueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-873058461961308922007-06-23T19:46:00.000-04:002007-09-03T15:02:49.860-04:00Last Moz post - Pemba/Quirimba montageI finally got around to throwing together some of the clips I took as I was leaving Pemba and arriving in and touring around the coconunt plantation, village and beaches of Quirimba Island for the first time. You'll have to excuse the sometimes rough, shaky video in there, often because of the bumpy roads and/or my incompetence...and unfortunately due to some software bug that I can't figure out <u>the first minute and a half is only sound,</u> so you can either skip ahead or sit back and listen to one of the most famous songs to come out of Mozambique. In English it's called "Nightbird" and is by an artist called <a href="http://www.piranha.de/records/english/artists/art_wazimbo.htm">Wazimbo</a>. The first time my TechnoServe friend Tricia played it for me, it really did give me the chills, and that haunting melody stayed in my head for days after. I guess I'm not the only one who liked it--the song was also featured in a movie directed by Sean Penn, The Pledge, and even in a Microsoft commercial. Anyway, this is clearly no Sean Penn movie or Microsoft commercial, but here you go:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mObeXU6IF9M"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mObeXU6IF9M" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-89948976925725793872007-06-13T20:24:00.001-04:002008-11-13T19:12:14.995-05:00Joburg/SowetoMy last week in Africa was spent in Johannesburg and Pretoria to visit my client one last time. Below-left a view from the TechnoServe office of the Joburg skyline, and below-right a picture of the outside of my friend's cottage where I stayed. Very typical sight--it's really true what they say about all the streets in Joburg being lined by walls and all the security homes have to have because of the enormous crime problem they have there. The city is quite attractive, lots of hills and trees, nice neighborhoods, etc...which is why it felt so weird that you had to be so cautious all the time. i.e. I'm used to cities where crime is a big concern like say Sao Paulo or Phnom Penh...but there it seems more natural that there would be crime because things just kind of look more destitute. In Joburg you'll have these really nice housing communities close to quaint coffee shops/bars/restaurants/etc. and yet you feel the same tension as if you were in Harlem in the 80's. Crime simply isn't limited to the poor parts of town in South Africa.<br /><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxROTlGkbCCWgTjLqSTUViWuN6LQaoGBsTX8ha19ocfr07A_i8PUpwOoJp-HwnUTNM0ETty9W6speRGKeGfefuitQ3wHTqZyOFvEO8DS_Uk8qdKeuoWBJaXBAF6YgQMlGplnXiTVM4qnWg/s1600-h/Joburg+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075710101078318146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="119" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxROTlGkbCCWgTjLqSTUViWuN6LQaoGBsTX8ha19ocfr07A_i8PUpwOoJp-HwnUTNM0ETty9W6speRGKeGfefuitQ3wHTqZyOFvEO8DS_Uk8qdKeuoWBJaXBAF6YgQMlGplnXiTVM4qnWg/s200/Joburg+002.jpg" width="165" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMQXsTqPemJ1KTlb-alYIUllS1c19i-OhYSHB18p2nOUO8Akz6aOZgTgE9C-Qk4QJ9D70kRze8LM5_JOIyotdtSntnY_HswZt_ndzrTJnJhDRd4qcEbwOJYcfDRJ3bxHZs2Rn9bJauGcw/s1600-h/Joburg+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075710921417071698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" height="114" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMQXsTqPemJ1KTlb-alYIUllS1c19i-OhYSHB18p2nOUO8Akz6aOZgTgE9C-Qk4QJ9D70kRze8LM5_JOIyotdtSntnY_HswZt_ndzrTJnJhDRd4qcEbwOJYcfDRJ3bxHZs2Rn9bJauGcw/s200/Joburg+008.jpg" width="160" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /> </div><div>My second to last day in Africa, I had a bit of time for one last touristy thing so I decided to do a tour of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto">Soweto</a>, the largest urban black settlement in Africa with over 3 million people. Unlike Joburg, Soweto apparently has much less violent crime because the local community have a kind of vigilante mentality...which can always be a dangerous thing, but then again if you can't rely on the police--which one report said was understaffed by 50%--I guess you gotta what you gotta do. Below-left entering Soweto through one of the nicer areas. Below-right a cluster of the quintessential "matchbox" houses built by the government for Soweto residents:</div><div> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5SEuspK9heuEe81Cg4zhFP6RGU7vmstQoH6Hvt3mjB3H-OlQovv7rMoL80QThFNl5MphWBAienX_0tqTpBhZW0ukXsZ75uMJYUdmHuqv4PQD7TMFMUdNdoicxKj-JhTt0cRyXkq5LkNV/s1600-h/Joburg+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075713635836402786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 118px" height="123" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5SEuspK9heuEe81Cg4zhFP6RGU7vmstQoH6Hvt3mjB3H-OlQovv7rMoL80QThFNl5MphWBAienX_0tqTpBhZW0ukXsZ75uMJYUdmHuqv4PQD7TMFMUdNdoicxKj-JhTt0cRyXkq5LkNV/s200/Joburg+025.jpg" width="171" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVR8mQA4g0hS-jU5-DSlGVHtE2IR5AocYwq5Y-KgUVaPMWFLxPxndpDTrMCNL6hRXDvsumNXIdmdgUp9LRQktGtU90gm6HqBP8S5eqxUzCGrlSqXG1LNjisZ8hRVN2FgX6ZXnB_kaoeLUV/s1600-h/Joburg+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075716135507369106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 161px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 119px" height="125" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVR8mQA4g0hS-jU5-DSlGVHtE2IR5AocYwq5Y-KgUVaPMWFLxPxndpDTrMCNL6hRXDvsumNXIdmdgUp9LRQktGtU90gm6HqBP8S5eqxUzCGrlSqXG1LNjisZ8hRVN2FgX6ZXnB_kaoeLUV/s200/Joburg+023.jpg" width="168" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br />Below, a couple scenes from one particular township, Embizweni, that we got to see up close: </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiUIRdeLvGbMFmNdT_ggfgTA5Yad2qey4W4ja9SCslBqwYmaksukVBguWLcv_BlZOfIOYp4nbRRMkXK906f63mvYF9FZPhJ1k-GolhuyHspZrP5hUgm8UfeKpCvdumriqggCbTCIlcfDg/s1600-h/Joburg+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075715280808877186" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 110px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px" height="175" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiUIRdeLvGbMFmNdT_ggfgTA5Yad2qey4W4ja9SCslBqwYmaksukVBguWLcv_BlZOfIOYp4nbRRMkXK906f63mvYF9FZPhJ1k-GolhuyHspZrP5hUgm8UfeKpCvdumriqggCbTCIlcfDg/s200/Joburg+033.jpg" width="126" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsnaNT-A75wATXOAy-dW1uCQId1wEhHJBWvD23lKUgiFaMUuC1XFHyYjc1AcKcRR1FH0RFR7jwESDNodiFYtSQ9dt5w6-xoYW2Ys0H6IdgEBEOjpY02WsPNHjDuFjnGssCITXdxjxxHbx/s1600-h/Joburg+029.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075714670923521138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 161px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px" height="124" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsnaNT-A75wATXOAy-dW1uCQId1wEhHJBWvD23lKUgiFaMUuC1XFHyYjc1AcKcRR1FH0RFR7jwESDNodiFYtSQ9dt5w6-xoYW2Ys0H6IdgEBEOjpY02WsPNHjDuFjnGssCITXdxjxxHbx/s200/Joburg+029.jpg" width="173" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsnaNT-A75wATXOAy-dW1uCQId1wEhHJBWvD23lKUgiFaMUuC1XFHyYjc1AcKcRR1FH0RFR7jwESDNodiFYtSQ9dt5w6-xoYW2Ys0H6IdgEBEOjpY02WsPNHjDuFjnGssCITXdxjxxHbx/s1600-h/Joburg+029.jpg"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsnaNT-A75wATXOAy-dW1uCQId1wEhHJBWvD23lKUgiFaMUuC1XFHyYjc1AcKcRR1FH0RFR7jwESDNodiFYtSQ9dt5w6-xoYW2Ys0H6IdgEBEOjpY02WsPNHjDuFjnGssCITXdxjxxHbx/s1600-h/Joburg+029.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsnaNT-A75wATXOAy-dW1uCQId1wEhHJBWvD23lKUgiFaMUuC1XFHyYjc1AcKcRR1FH0RFR7jwESDNodiFYtSQ9dt5w6-xoYW2Ys0H6IdgEBEOjpY02WsPNHjDuFjnGssCITXdxjxxHbx/s1600-h/Joburg+029.jpg"></a></div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsnaNT-A75wATXOAy-dW1uCQId1wEhHJBWvD23lKUgiFaMUuC1XFHyYjc1AcKcRR1FH0RFR7jwESDNodiFYtSQ9dt5w6-xoYW2Ys0H6IdgEBEOjpY02WsPNHjDuFjnGssCITXdxjxxHbx/s1600-h/Joburg+029.jpg"></a></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Below-left, Nelson Mandela's former house, which is now a museum. Below-right a sign for Vilakazi Street, the only street in the world to house two Nobel laureates (Mandela and Desmond Tutu): </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MN_KoRKRYVuUDPD6hyphenhyphenjClxUBIaq_2n-YdSkNa9AFH_iKJw7DHWIkAbTTr-5jWYqe1VYkj-QC7I9A74heidE1fTvfKxujNDoR-WYHCWkPtvPKJAD2u1FK5jKpJP_n6IbaaexrBdmH158W/s1600-h/Joburg+042.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075717295148539042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 161px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" height="126" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MN_KoRKRYVuUDPD6hyphenhyphenjClxUBIaq_2n-YdSkNa9AFH_iKJw7DHWIkAbTTr-5jWYqe1VYkj-QC7I9A74heidE1fTvfKxujNDoR-WYHCWkPtvPKJAD2u1FK5jKpJP_n6IbaaexrBdmH158W/s200/Joburg+042.jpg" width="172" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWszxTJn0_5QaHYstsc96tXO1fJgQdrPx2_xZfDC0P4T0QUIEhaflpFZhg_DyREzqpCysJ4gdKKJN1Ol8C9jOAUQD4sLcTQsIUgP5clUxh_jCoj4wNwVeHcFJhlcZPFoMSMP0e0lZJf-i8/s1600-h/Joburg+040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075718055357750450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" height="125" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWszxTJn0_5QaHYstsc96tXO1fJgQdrPx2_xZfDC0P4T0QUIEhaflpFZhg_DyREzqpCysJ4gdKKJN1Ol8C9jOAUQD4sLcTQsIUgP5clUxh_jCoj4wNwVeHcFJhlcZPFoMSMP0e0lZJf-i8/s200/Joburg+040.jpg" width="172" border="0" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-52790069533194141342007-06-13T18:43:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:15.676-05:00Weekend in SwaziOkay...I admit I'm back in the States now, but have a few more posts that I had meaning to put up but didn't have a connection or enough time before...so I'll just pretend like I'm still blogging from the bush....<br /><br />My last weekend in Africa, a few of us decided to take a road trip from Johannesburg to Swaziland. We all had friends living in the capital, Mbabane, and it was just a 3.5 hr drive on good roads, so was a pretty easy trip to do, and glad we did because Swazi has definitely a very different feel from what I became used to in Mozambique and from what you'd typically think of Africa. Mostly the reason for this is because it's mountainous and generally a lot cooler--in fact it was downright freezing when we were there. It's a monarchy, and has some interesting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Mswati_III">customs</a> associated with the king and royal family. It also has an astounding 40%+ HIV/AIDS infection rate...one of the highest in the world.<br /><br />We only had two full days there--the first evening we went to a brai (African barbecue) and then to one of the only big music/night clubs around, House on Fire. It's a really cool place with multiple levels, sections and great live entertainment. The night we were there they had a Brazilian samba/dance band and one of the top DJs in southern Africa, DJ Fresh, so practically all the nightlife seekers in Swazi and even some from South Africa come out that night to check it out. A sidenote--every patron had to buy two packs of condoms to gain admission. Although Swaziland has a big AIDS problem, there is a pretty good effort to raise awareness and address the issue, which hasn't always been the case for other countries in the region.<br /><br />The next day, we did a bit of touristy stuff--had a traditional Swazi lunch at Matenga falls...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7SJULWOlTKC3gaFMBHnV6ZUM-KrP5VBQNxNe265jYphQ0j_2Z7RQcJXq5b5S5vuu8pg7egWreVPlu_8Kg2BF1AJMrt2CQSJSMIemzDcHnjtYEIsu7NZqg5lfByXgUB73I81zHOyqT_bg/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075694351433243650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="170" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7SJULWOlTKC3gaFMBHnV6ZUM-KrP5VBQNxNe265jYphQ0j_2Z7RQcJXq5b5S5vuu8pg7egWreVPlu_8Kg2BF1AJMrt2CQSJSMIemzDcHnjtYEIsu7NZqg5lfByXgUB73I81zHOyqT_bg/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+008.jpg" width="126" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlneBPMfzehEeO55OI9xi1i_XsWdOK2lrA8EDW8J2hHwq72SlOq81jNuJITif-jaE4U0yU2gmTlMlunJ-DYKttnl46bt6HFSPqaRiI2S3VYRhrfOWaD7lmVmERJ6jyDs43sTg-RoSW_Pw/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+035.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075694845354482706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="114" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlneBPMfzehEeO55OI9xi1i_XsWdOK2lrA8EDW8J2hHwq72SlOq81jNuJITif-jaE4U0yU2gmTlMlunJ-DYKttnl46bt6HFSPqaRiI2S3VYRhrfOWaD7lmVmERJ6jyDs43sTg-RoSW_Pw/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+035.jpg" width="159" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlneBPMfzehEeO55OI9xi1i_XsWdOK2lrA8EDW8J2hHwq72SlOq81jNuJITif-jaE4U0yU2gmTlMlunJ-DYKttnl46bt6HFSPqaRiI2S3VYRhrfOWaD7lmVmERJ6jyDs43sTg-RoSW_Pw/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+035.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...and checked out a cheesy but entertaining tribal song & dance routine, including a rendition of The Lion Sleeps Tonight, I kid you not:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W2r3BpZHL6I" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br />Before we knew it, time to drive back to Joburg--the Swazi road trip crew from left to right...Tiffany (American TechnoServe Joburg-based volunteer), Sbonelo (friend living and working in Joburg; schooled in Swaziland and New Mexico through an Int'l Baccalaureate program), Me, Eneza (friend living and working in Tanzania; also schooled in IB programs w/ Sbo), Brian (American TNS Mbabane-based volunteer consultant), Tiffany again, Me again:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMwvldidyYJ2789161iat47Mt6HB8R2_ij6c1XZOf2c3HievvVcs0E1SFwE2kooI9iuHxLP-wL-iuCN-dH6n2bdUEx8VTAh_JY27DaXHpeV9dNrEdet7vpkPC3mR7LozRdFXZjBc13SYF/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075697525414075426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="119" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMwvldidyYJ2789161iat47Mt6HB8R2_ij6c1XZOf2c3HievvVcs0E1SFwE2kooI9iuHxLP-wL-iuCN-dH6n2bdUEx8VTAh_JY27DaXHpeV9dNrEdet7vpkPC3mR7LozRdFXZjBc13SYF/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+036.jpg" width="159" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvGOwS8Rdv_Tiy2JH6owY5bz0dzAIwUx3VbTdjbBMsBPAVuZDqGNfnp7nTBxyROkn7fpBtKihoYZcij9_9xlVcj8b0SnR_r50_K-T0zJ-ft6Woasyc61E0re1Uv7yLL3x_rneEyNrICoi/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075698109529627698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" height="114" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvGOwS8Rdv_Tiy2JH6owY5bz0dzAIwUx3VbTdjbBMsBPAVuZDqGNfnp7nTBxyROkn7fpBtKihoYZcij9_9xlVcj8b0SnR_r50_K-T0zJ-ft6Woasyc61E0re1Uv7yLL3x_rneEyNrICoi/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+037.jpg" width="165" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-58886550535769685762007-06-06T05:47:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:16.640-05:00Meu Despedida do Maputo...meaning 'my Maputo farewell.' Some pics of me enjoying my last days in Mozambique with some friends. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Here the crew I played soccer with on Sundays at Costa do Sol, the main beach in Maputo:</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoghcWjccphebtCmwURS0CyFSy5BYpJWxYtTKJHhZflTtGVyjsTP8QEebbyn3UkqTM7xwbio5lsjO6eInK5CPTEjSm3TJiMkNioStlmUz6sD52ScWXAMaXgR5GI7lqqK2hQeuzu8RA3frC/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+042.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072893087863446402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="117" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoghcWjccphebtCmwURS0CyFSy5BYpJWxYtTKJHhZflTtGVyjsTP8QEebbyn3UkqTM7xwbio5lsjO6eInK5CPTEjSm3TJiMkNioStlmUz6sD52ScWXAMaXgR5GI7lqqK2hQeuzu8RA3frC/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+042.jpg" width="158" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2XtUxxcYqCyCFN1FBbYu7ZEFDQReDHQW0RHeSfJEXC_Nc551z4_Pkrs_YWvvitw2Pi9mY5IcBjTSZ9IvEQbZ9cLtOKlodIfF2Zk5FgVJpl-RTJIy-ZxnenxGICrxIYmSDdrggJofciu6/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072894127245532050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="115" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2XtUxxcYqCyCFN1FBbYu7ZEFDQReDHQW0RHeSfJEXC_Nc551z4_Pkrs_YWvvitw2Pi9mY5IcBjTSZ9IvEQbZ9cLtOKlodIfF2Zk5FgVJpl-RTJIy-ZxnenxGICrxIYmSDdrggJofciu6/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+045.jpg" width="166" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /> </div><div>Below-left the TechnoServe Moz coconut team proudly displaying a tree seedling they had just brought back from the field. To the right Tricia (head of coconut team) joking with Sinezia our office receptionist and assistant.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvsrEtmxW78YyWAZ51XMArS2iiQSMUwOuCWqQU5VrawmerBKBzurP9aUgoLtTLf-cN5S7ejcOjoucsX9mn231tcLIZj77KndCkm7A7SLd0a5uiCCF6xmaz0v9dqu02Or1TxnbSSUSpLLT/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+059.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072895158037683106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" height="123" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvsrEtmxW78YyWAZ51XMArS2iiQSMUwOuCWqQU5VrawmerBKBzurP9aUgoLtTLf-cN5S7ejcOjoucsX9mn231tcLIZj77KndCkm7A7SLd0a5uiCCF6xmaz0v9dqu02Or1TxnbSSUSpLLT/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+059.jpg" width="166" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOsvnYFYNTSoXSAoPQjFWn66BZzyHYxDIk2cmX8mu_SDEBq5127zNV0nTshHnGzWzeOGmX-OiVJwyY1Zo0gtSwNYk2XMwGIZroedtgRPvICgFWggafhl6d8bnAA1m5SDiHdzCF2VM_dQF/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+060.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072895660548856754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 165px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" height="124" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOsvnYFYNTSoXSAoPQjFWn66BZzyHYxDIk2cmX8mu_SDEBq5127zNV0nTshHnGzWzeOGmX-OiVJwyY1Zo0gtSwNYk2XMwGIZroedtgRPvICgFWggafhl6d8bnAA1m5SDiHdzCF2VM_dQF/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+060.jpg" width="174" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /> </div><div></div><div></div><div>And finally a few photos from my last night out. Appropriately enough we ate dinner at a middle eastern place and then headed to a Maputo mainstay, Africa Bar, which is exactly what I did on my first night out in Moz. From left to right...row 1: Tricia (Louisianian, full-time TechnoServe coconut/biofuels program director), Abe (our Somalian friend starting a business in Moz), Sam (South African TechnoServe volunteer consultant working on coconuts, Me, Anna (German TNS volcon also working on coconuts) ; row 2: Sam again, Fabio (Brazilian TNS volcon working on poultry), Magaya (local Maputo friend, who introduced me to the soccer gang and also works for his father's poultry business), Magaya again, and Arsenio (local Maputo friend currently studying at university): </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6Ddt4EeItiUOHOcxMajfLIT2Qht5Lp78get-qzphfOUFr3ryKL7Z-1Le0-DfLrC57FyqK9VAUfpCr9QxLa7AjaHQOirmU1cHVcsm0l_L4qHwWUaSQlfsw2dHQDCdQJgrU0mePETN58oG/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+063.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072896223189572546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="120" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6Ddt4EeItiUOHOcxMajfLIT2Qht5Lp78get-qzphfOUFr3ryKL7Z-1Le0-DfLrC57FyqK9VAUfpCr9QxLa7AjaHQOirmU1cHVcsm0l_L4qHwWUaSQlfsw2dHQDCdQJgrU0mePETN58oG/s200/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+063.jpg" width="163" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT58eXe6mY-yypDBaZ3OOXyDz14E8S7_p6GRwJYBYUOTtigVkcnoNPqbvpdx5fO5yvb_rs-QKOzdzvvcwKdMM1vZ3rrwlyr6w7TpSyAgeM3kj473LPMJEU_KKYHSEyXx_LO44v43tld8N/s1600-h/Maputo-Joburg-Swazi+066.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072897722133158866" style="FLOAT: right; 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Hope to be back in Moz soon to see some of these folks again and pick up where we left off...</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-76778513414883452112007-05-30T14:00:00.000-04:002007-05-30T14:42:07.887-04:00Back in Maputo - chat with JaimeThe cool season is upon us--have been enjoying the mild weather back here in Maputo for the past week and a half. This morning, one of my last in the city, I was going to capture some video of the tree-lined streets and the nice sea views we get on the way to the office, but ended up spending most of the time chatting up Jaime, one of the TechnoServe drivers. A good thing, though, because Jaime's had a really fascinating life in Mozambique. This clip definitely doesn't do justice, but still I think some interesting bits to check out:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9qsHyRLAxUU" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br />As you hopefully could make out, Jaime has seen a lot of change in his country. Originally from Xai Xai, in the Gaza province just north of Maputo...Jaime was a young man during colonial times, he fought in the Revolution, he lived through the years of civil war, and since he's found work in South Africa--and thankfully for TechnoServe--in Maputo as well where he's been now for 8 years. When I asked him if it's relatively stable in the country nowadays...you could tell he was thinking "well, yeah maybe to outsiders...but on the other hand there's still some tension under the surface and you never know when things could break down"...which I guess can appreciate better now having lived here a couple months. Still, it's fair to say Mozambique has made a lot of progress on political stability, especially when you compare to some of its neighbors like Zimbabwe where things are really pretty <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1064589.stm">troubling</a> right now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-72270977203894585382007-05-24T15:16:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:17.452-05:00Last day on Quirimba<div>And so my second and last visit to Quirimba--at least for this project--had to end, but I did get a chance to head back to the beach on the southeast end of the island. This is where I first ran into the two little kids who followed me around <a href="http://rogupta.blogspot.com/2007/04/quirimba-island-life_26.html">several weeks ago</a>. Turns out their names are Manuele and Noventa and their father is a guard for my client's coconut plantation. Sure enough they were hanging around their straw ("macuti" in Moz) home cooking breakfast and playing on the beach when I showed up. They quickly ran over and I gave them a copy of those couple of pictures I had taken last time, which they got a real kick out of. It was fun--they certainly seemed happy, laughing and smiling at the time, but it does make it easy to forget the reality for families like this one in this island community and the neighboring ones where illiteracy is 83%, unemployment is 18% and the poverty index is 68% (compared to single digits or teens for most of the first world). Still, although I believe in Technoserve's private sector/business enterprise approach...it's good to once in a while get away from the Excel spreadsheets and business plans and remind yourself where you're hoping to eventually achieve impact with it all...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hUryvqPtUwujQeEhgunvRT0DWCHQXEUxx0rG-OkVdpH23KUqvVAZ1gTQd5w_kWH1cqiiXH23obTZDqQbgxoraA3M11ys0OsU_0s1UPp_e_RsJ3no9grN4rJtuwHEg-ZLDoTb0hvYk_N8/s1600-h/Quirimba+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068211841915838866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="127" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hUryvqPtUwujQeEhgunvRT0DWCHQXEUxx0rG-OkVdpH23KUqvVAZ1gTQd5w_kWH1cqiiXH23obTZDqQbgxoraA3M11ys0OsU_0s1UPp_e_RsJ3no9grN4rJtuwHEg-ZLDoTb0hvYk_N8/s200/Quirimba+008.jpg" width="172" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPR_ZebwhH9t5K6GjkyG2qIIG7X-40beI2m_dFqx3VSxPOpaXYGa87Ni8spFpJ8QPj5JIgMuxLzBS2Ts76IXPJGoZggpuAKwao0gfCo0IBLeGufjeX6gnJENe9BfZRz4e6oiVbBfWspjxq/s1600-h/Quirimba+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068212460391129506" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="128" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPR_ZebwhH9t5K6GjkyG2qIIG7X-40beI2m_dFqx3VSxPOpaXYGa87Ni8spFpJ8QPj5JIgMuxLzBS2Ts76IXPJGoZggpuAKwao0gfCo0IBLeGufjeX6gnJENe9BfZRz4e6oiVbBfWspjxq/s200/Quirimba+009.jpg" width="174" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div>Finally, a few last images from Quirimba. Below-left the spot where I first met Manuele and Noventa, now at low tide covered with an almost luminescent green seaweed that we're actually hoping to be able to use as coconut tree fertilizer. Below-right the view out from my client's family house, and at the bottom a photo of me with the Gessners themselves.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9CXJh_k3-LKmsoHNTss9fxcVJGTgLqg-bFUf3xgj3DZDnBb5ZwcJYXXknAKZYEvtv-6giYUf4VZiESC04ST0FA5qFJIZLxYWcPWs832Oq6qbXK3PoML81MutJrjs1cqsuB8Pu509-kRO/s1600-h/Quirimba+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068213448233607602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" height="132" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9CXJh_k3-LKmsoHNTss9fxcVJGTgLqg-bFUf3xgj3DZDnBb5ZwcJYXXknAKZYEvtv-6giYUf4VZiESC04ST0FA5qFJIZLxYWcPWs832Oq6qbXK3PoML81MutJrjs1cqsuB8Pu509-kRO/s200/Quirimba+012.jpg" width="179" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_wJoj-rzykNWz6s7IMm7mGpFf9yn4yQsAp-52RVRKzNebfdgrbT3_pxk9_emLYnfhD1xg-NpXZWg1RM3UqaKtX4ldctNRS-akzGXunKiBKCVNYwIzsO6jzqvogN3io-6Wy1DiuDWPZZa/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068214968652030402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" height="131" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_wJoj-rzykNWz6s7IMm7mGpFf9yn4yQsAp-52RVRKzNebfdgrbT3_pxk9_emLYnfhD1xg-NpXZWg1RM3UqaKtX4ldctNRS-akzGXunKiBKCVNYwIzsO6jzqvogN3io-6Wy1DiuDWPZZa/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+008.jpg" width="180" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068234261645124066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrOiaW2Cgwpq9yH9Ydruynh90qV2so0dK3QakO-OkONEWWMVELCSq9LzTGSnvD0id5lun1fizlR7lUaqS5E896RQlTvsiEATGtYj78U2XktcHDkVU0S3XjeFyZVAY5AudrZoAQ66wO0FU/s400/gessnersandme.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-39313840673782640462007-05-22T04:45:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:23.228-05:00Ibo II...Ibo is also known for its arts and crafts. Below-left, an old man in the shadows sewing capulanas--Mozambican version of a sarong. Right, a silversmith selling jewelry made from old, melted down colonial silver coins:<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeFpPBOmmG2gW48njTQLDY1NgCO6BsxKeSXMXWQ6NZfYhsBzKtBoG699q5JvXhRKcUzaLKpKO6bxM16NCMwoNdssasyIq1pm6uhmvcq5RzaU491CUB-6UGV226XeAGujFp_PVArcQB8OG/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+038.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067309486466818322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="130" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeFpPBOmmG2gW48njTQLDY1NgCO6BsxKeSXMXWQ6NZfYhsBzKtBoG699q5JvXhRKcUzaLKpKO6bxM16NCMwoNdssasyIq1pm6uhmvcq5RzaU491CUB-6UGV226XeAGujFp_PVArcQB8OG/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+038.jpg" width="177" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjX0tKEb1q2M54Wyk8BqmXD2QSIkwne0p2mLJZOcpOkyueZx92fIWuLS9cqG2FXoXyTToGv60w6zxSITwn1w3nsqU9P1o76etul9a8hyOnvcANEd9aM-9eJ7Kzg4ajD2-O-wxjECkIF0nD/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+081.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067309920258515234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="171" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjX0tKEb1q2M54Wyk8BqmXD2QSIkwne0p2mLJZOcpOkyueZx92fIWuLS9cqG2FXoXyTToGv60w6zxSITwn1w3nsqU9P1o76etul9a8hyOnvcANEd9aM-9eJ7Kzg4ajD2-O-wxjECkIF0nD/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+081.jpg" width="127" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div><div>Below, some photos of the <a href="http://www.iboisland.com/">Ibo Island Lodge</a>, also a Technoserve client. They did a nice job retaining the feel of the island, while living up to the high standards of a 4/5 star type place:<br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gj_yqoKq2IvOdN3-J4DyQ2L7xQuMRke2SW4arxiyQG2gdpYUMvQlgJfhsCmgqdsrfJR1VoZalFQ6PSoV7Wg9_lT98a_mPyS4eHqKe8u5OHNfunVrl7k_qhbGUKdjP7smQG5roNN8fX_M/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+069.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067310744892236082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" height="130" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gj_yqoKq2IvOdN3-J4DyQ2L7xQuMRke2SW4arxiyQG2gdpYUMvQlgJfhsCmgqdsrfJR1VoZalFQ6PSoV7Wg9_lT98a_mPyS4eHqKe8u5OHNfunVrl7k_qhbGUKdjP7smQG5roNN8fX_M/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+069.jpg" width="179" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5Zkm5jY9bw1oMFdRPZ_unGF4uT0xDdbHj1rey8fLMUrJcR7H1ptMXYYWkwcy6unDgivVonGwYQDZwyZI5PvL_M_FVFGSyh05evV2yfgGvvefZ2CdojrUe_TnSibiP_FnaRtx-nx2CKN1/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+082.jpg"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_USdTaQ9WUnRwh2JiBVih919RtgCxX2oXTs5u5R_Zye-VY0rsBrLWQiE9-YgJB8excn48huDcbNbwQyJ4Cz7NuVdN-g9uUNq75rGObuvXVlIMbJuwhpCAdigirgV6FQ0lQp22KEGPDdA/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067313798613983570" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" height="132" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_USdTaQ9WUnRwh2JiBVih919RtgCxX2oXTs5u5R_Zye-VY0rsBrLWQiE9-YgJB8excn48huDcbNbwQyJ4Cz7NuVdN-g9uUNq75rGObuvXVlIMbJuwhpCAdigirgV6FQ0lQp22KEGPDdA/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+074.jpg" width="183" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>And finally a Pimm's on the roof of the lodge with my client, Rainer, and his sister Carola while watching the sunset, and before realizing we had to set sail again to make it back to Quirimba before dark:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKg_xMlD62DfBWG4Fl9ZE5XnaPzHomkJfK6J1RsdjhExyl35me28yTFskzf294bKxKxCw_rnVM78S9R_5UoT52RfIDlLsiSBnbVf2tPIv-2RP2NwW4y-0-Nl2zF9ppeJHIs7vjXhWlN50g/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+100.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvH2Li_pXdGkZcOU1z27mkKblYVO5t1M7T_OFeDz4Wn58UX_cuE5io3y-qxjvalerhgM3bQmG-ZEuPurl_naaPE7NpanMbUXraHM4DGte0ypLSHYmcPzzFkAspn-8cy_ziQwWVCLLVT3WW/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+092.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067318501603172738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="124" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvH2Li_pXdGkZcOU1z27mkKblYVO5t1M7T_OFeDz4Wn58UX_cuE5io3y-qxjvalerhgM3bQmG-ZEuPurl_naaPE7NpanMbUXraHM4DGte0ypLSHYmcPzzFkAspn-8cy_ziQwWVCLLVT3WW/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+092.jpg" width="174" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJhgE97Tk-r7D0-aXurq0FVi0W1wxeYyNUVFddkSP5lVyDxc7qRfR739p2Lo_qkw-k8OKnV9zWHZCLAtmJyRenpoueYzjkH_PYwVxQBGZ0jdPCrdVmJgoJoSEWiH4Ik467DjCE1_NEGPE/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+093.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067316452903772530" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" height="125" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJhgE97Tk-r7D0-aXurq0FVi0W1wxeYyNUVFddkSP5lVyDxc7qRfR739p2Lo_qkw-k8OKnV9zWHZCLAtmJyRenpoueYzjkH_PYwVxQBGZ0jdPCrdVmJgoJoSEWiH4Ik467DjCE1_NEGPE/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+093.jpg" width="174" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-84046259744331712772007-05-21T05:20:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:24.047-05:00IboI finally got to visit Ibo island--my first trip to Quirimba, the steering cable on the boat broke so we had to abandon ship. This time around we left at high tide so that we could take the boat route through a mangrove forest (below-left). The trees grow essentially half in/half out of the sea and at low tide, you can actually walk on foot to Ibo through the forest. Once we arrived, we were greeted by a rather impressive facade (below-right) of one of the many historic buildings that Ibo is known for:<br /><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0-E8B5BeJKjyLEqHUOewC1Hwnx3OxRq09s7B316-BxggDNxMjyvi4gpCyECeHyMth_5xf96BSTy7GBd3fxXhvJePLOcMPZLsmyOcfFClFr02LbxOqhtD6E3NANMWSyMao0XN-iXucGfF/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066943787181432994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="119" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0-E8B5BeJKjyLEqHUOewC1Hwnx3OxRq09s7B316-BxggDNxMjyvi4gpCyECeHyMth_5xf96BSTy7GBd3fxXhvJePLOcMPZLsmyOcfFClFr02LbxOqhtD6E3NANMWSyMao0XN-iXucGfF/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+014.jpg" width="166" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4NRBSHE3R3Lxr0r6CSoeU7weF5k-5OrdYfjYz5YPwQF1U4DmUmY32KK-AdlFiDAjKoAMCz33Tna8Tw8UU6oGDRCkWlt_Gx0ca2GrsiXlaeJO1zYBtlhiAaImqxV2RgTfdrEjUe4ay9UAk/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066947300464681138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="177" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4NRBSHE3R3Lxr0r6CSoeU7weF5k-5OrdYfjYz5YPwQF1U4DmUmY32KK-AdlFiDAjKoAMCz33Tna8Tw8UU6oGDRCkWlt_Gx0ca2GrsiXlaeJO1zYBtlhiAaImqxV2RgTfdrEjUe4ay9UAk/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+026.jpg" width="123" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br />We disembarked at my client's friend's place where he is building a really tastefully put together guesthouse (below-left). He's one of the ones who has payed ~$50-100K to the government for the right to take over a ruin (similar to the building below-right) and renovate it for tourism or other locally benefical purposes. Technoserve is attempting to encourage investors to do the same thing but on a larger scale on another island down south, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Mozambique">Ilha de Mocambique</a>...</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbb9o6u0-mZ2nShNWup1WV_CU5QR0v4xikKAoLctuxp9zBvuIHlok1m3CybBBIdwG-4fNAXSltWDJ-lcRI69duaeYyqfOBETEzHMWveS9O_9arzCqsv5gH1HR_c6Lf_QmYPz0Bk58A9dN/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066950474445512914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="126" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbb9o6u0-mZ2nShNWup1WV_CU5QR0v4xikKAoLctuxp9zBvuIHlok1m3CybBBIdwG-4fNAXSltWDJ-lcRI69duaeYyqfOBETEzHMWveS9O_9arzCqsv5gH1HR_c6Lf_QmYPz0Bk58A9dN/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+047.jpg" width="173" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-h982FamOJBnNr1IhMwxlSWPxMj7BWUTQebIT4wM48TkETJwhCwJVxo5IXrienW7_sw9WYWTzvUjv-7hwMa8j0QlIFyWJ7GxxyAR21B-MAoIg5Njn0J_6u7zJUxEm1716lG23qiORG9d/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066949344869114050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" height="127" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-h982FamOJBnNr1IhMwxlSWPxMj7BWUTQebIT4wM48TkETJwhCwJVxo5IXrienW7_sw9WYWTzvUjv-7hwMa8j0QlIFyWJ7GxxyAR21B-MAoIg5Njn0J_6u7zJUxEm1716lG23qiORG9d/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+032.jpg" width="176" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div>Below some more old, Portuguese colonial buildings erected when Ibo was once a bustling capital city of the Cabo Delgado province. Left, the building that is the home of the incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRELIMO">FRELIMO</a> political party on Ibo, and right the main church in the town center:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4hz4ZdtWlL5c9n2O-IFxpIcQqYkeAI_IltitaqbvySQUGXy4w1QW2XZWxK6EDj3Td9evuw0k_KCnLSjmopnuITuh3_sPEXbiVNRuFCrGvaLeaUuDTwpRoeYiBgV8JkAEJV7zKswHEELr/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066953562526998754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="129" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4hz4ZdtWlL5c9n2O-IFxpIcQqYkeAI_IltitaqbvySQUGXy4w1QW2XZWxK6EDj3Td9evuw0k_KCnLSjmopnuITuh3_sPEXbiVNRuFCrGvaLeaUuDTwpRoeYiBgV8JkAEJV7zKswHEELr/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+037.jpg" width="176" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaIIs6b3LYPo9H1k6VbgzMa2RAFADTUdNl4Jlxr5oOSSw0CuNXvCIkHOLKS_6SF6ileCJ7kxr4TKnlgHhoQu10Tt8mhbLfA4v3ryhhNgyZGp7Bh-Z5fENiZ6CNkV_2AWmjrWAI2fb7O8E/s1600-h/Quirimba-Ibo+058.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066954516009738482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="127" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaIIs6b3LYPo9H1k6VbgzMa2RAFADTUdNl4Jlxr5oOSSw0CuNXvCIkHOLKS_6SF6ileCJ7kxr4TKnlgHhoQu10Tt8mhbLfA4v3ryhhNgyZGp7Bh-Z5fENiZ6CNkV_2AWmjrWAI2fb7O8E/s200/Quirimba-Ibo+058.jpg" width="178" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-20895156331504748572007-05-20T14:54:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:24.672-05:00Back to Quirimba IslandMy second and last visit for this project was a good one. Weather was a bit cooler than last time. I got to catch up with my client on all the research, analysis and recommendations we have for him so far, and the development opportunities for the island still look really promising. Plus, I got to see some of the neighboring islands and towns on the mainland that I hadn't before.<br /><br />This time around, we took the mostly-land route from Pemba to get there. Four hour drive on a bumpy, mostly dirt and sometimes flooded road to Quissanga, at which point we met up with my client's boat to take us the rest of the 45 minutes to Quirimba. Quissanga was a really nice little seaside hamlet type place. Hopefully that road gets better in time because the town could be a good stopping off point for tourists heading to the islands, and I'm sure could benefit economically..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLuXAcL3s5s2oaKyrnFDXUFPn_LeW1tyvWpYE4Mvy_2NftVSY1QdifTK-7yC4Us6v5BKiCQP45E_3igktKpNQu5whZbAVwIYVOEoEuJ80ahlO3fD94AHa4WDXLCrqhuL_qJHwbt_K7rGa/s1600-h/Quissanga-Quirimba-Quilalea+086.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066727990844612706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" height="129" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLuXAcL3s5s2oaKyrnFDXUFPn_LeW1tyvWpYE4Mvy_2NftVSY1QdifTK-7yC4Us6v5BKiCQP45E_3igktKpNQu5whZbAVwIYVOEoEuJ80ahlO3fD94AHa4WDXLCrqhuL_qJHwbt_K7rGa/s200/Quissanga-Quirimba-Quilalea+086.jpg" width="177" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRqI5fmJ6bzNyHQeYD9y5jP48XcM_AioP4IpPjoyPmZaZuEHZDlT5FPtBa9hOKZ_GF48VqmedPl0GUP54O_EiOA9Gr3xOLjl7qev-hLZZiqsjMnig-2J529HuedS3JB1GRbW78-hpVjaA/s1600-h/Quissanga-Quirimba-Quilalea+090.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066729090356240498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" height="121" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRqI5fmJ6bzNyHQeYD9y5jP48XcM_AioP4IpPjoyPmZaZuEHZDlT5FPtBa9hOKZ_GF48VqmedPl0GUP54O_EiOA9Gr3xOLjl7qev-hLZZiqsjMnig-2J529HuedS3JB1GRbW78-hpVjaA/s200/Quissanga-Quirimba-Quilalea+090.jpg" width="165" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We docked at the north end of Quirimba Island where one of the old Catholic church ruins is located (below-left). Later on, I made my way over to the other church ruin on the island to poke around there as well (below-right). Unfortunately, right now we don't know a ton about their history, but there has been some talk of getting an archeologist who's on Ibo Island right now to have a look and try to surface some more info. One thing that was kind of interesting was the tree trunk protruding from the direct center of the main room, right where you'd expect an altar to be. Maybe it was actually planted there, or maybe just a coincidence.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeU31jONl_u146CkVAvpgGTWQhMIHRh2sHGHiih2RS-J_7bxvINvWT-sciLND-o2W2HjiXDY4Fh0M-ukOH8VjNV8NxwUEm1lYrczDF7-j9bhBsvFkoegLfeSOyJ5Uav0jSRM2WMuFYx7Qm/s1600-h/Quissanga-Quirimba-Quilalea+094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066730013774209154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" height="130" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeU31jONl_u146CkVAvpgGTWQhMIHRh2sHGHiih2RS-J_7bxvINvWT-sciLND-o2W2HjiXDY4Fh0M-ukOH8VjNV8NxwUEm1lYrczDF7-j9bhBsvFkoegLfeSOyJ5Uav0jSRM2WMuFYx7Qm/s200/Quissanga-Quirimba-Quilalea+094.jpg" width="175" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtgOtjK8VWjwPv6cpEHnCVIQsH7FbvC_u_MdUU48qdIWC_sLZUX1WLKjkYgF_5kIdyqi_Ri3td84naYcdStazAhoBq2cNRICxvoOZPI7IbvofgPwmuP7EUMRs0rrKy-N_HFGutagmlAjf/s1600-h/Quissanga-Quirimba-Quilalea+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066731160530477202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="124" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtgOtjK8VWjwPv6cpEHnCVIQsH7FbvC_u_MdUU48qdIWC_sLZUX1WLKjkYgF_5kIdyqi_Ri3td84naYcdStazAhoBq2cNRICxvoOZPI7IbvofgPwmuP7EUMRs0rrKy-N_HFGutagmlAjf/s200/Quissanga-Quirimba-Quilalea+009.jpg" width="171" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Next post, some pics from my Ibo visit...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-6738364828696985242007-05-10T05:13:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:25.671-05:00Ponta d'OuroBack to back road trips. Weekend after Inhambane, went down to the very southeastern tip of Mozambique to a place called Ponta d'Ouro. Five of us volunteer consultants from the Maputo Technoserve office plus one from the Joburg office rented a couple cars and did the 3.5 - 4.5 hour drive last Friday to meet four additional people coming from the Swaziland office. We had hoped to get real 4x4s because the road to Ponta gets really sandy closer to the town, but all they had were these <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Pajero_Junior">Mitsubishi Pajero Juniors</a>. Emphasis on <strong>Juniors. </strong>They did technically have 4 wheel drive, but their engines and clearance were closer to that of a golf cart than an F-150 I think it's fair to say. Not surprisingly we got stuck in the sand a number of times, having to get passersby to help push and one time to tow us out. Soon we realized the key to driving in sand is to just keep moving or else your tires sink in. This pretty much worked, but basically meant we had to drive at high speed often over 2 feet high bumps and swells in the road. Have to say, though, once I got used to it, it was pretty fun. I felt like a rally car driver. My passengers probably had a slightly less fun experience.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Once we got there, I think we all felt the beach and surroundings of Ponta lived up to the billing. Great beaches, good diving and dolphins about in the water, beautiful roadside scenery coming into and leaving town. It's typically a popular holiday destination for South Africans because it's so near the border, but when we were there it was thankfully not too overrun. We also rented a 10-person house for our group, definitely the way to do it. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqCglkH9BqN6g89Qhk1Kf42le_Wo46eEUiQ1uFh6w3l9DdvRLTIM3oPw7yyuXcJQxBB5UD3sKIAAypfBCRM2hhyphenhyphenC9CPdJ0KfIGCsQJm31dvSGy7blEw3vcVydm91yyg72GW03rMzVJWt0/s1600-h/Ponta+075.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062900750293503602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="131" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqCglkH9BqN6g89Qhk1Kf42le_Wo46eEUiQ1uFh6w3l9DdvRLTIM3oPw7yyuXcJQxBB5UD3sKIAAypfBCRM2hhyphenhyphenC9CPdJ0KfIGCsQJm31dvSGy7blEw3vcVydm91yyg72GW03rMzVJWt0/s200/Ponta+075.jpg" width="177" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0YAQcyAGTnKS5b3-vOHSx-LITFWijcJQjPDm3tFt3Xo8Fc0UQEaKb_KD3jnFUUA76ldw2OZzahEGoT6-Ou2ls2qcOHHuXCh4YQNE5h6F8UgiG2qA3xoQA5oW3BA3OsE6apuaK6fa1vhp/s1600-h/Ponta+054.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062911496301678210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px" height="130" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0YAQcyAGTnKS5b3-vOHSx-LITFWijcJQjPDm3tFt3Xo8Fc0UQEaKb_KD3jnFUUA76ldw2OZzahEGoT6-Ou2ls2qcOHHuXCh4YQNE5h6F8UgiG2qA3xoQA5oW3BA3OsE6apuaK6fa1vhp/s200/Ponta+054.jpg" width="181" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKYBPsqDrFKL8XDq51cCfKfojANlwiLCymI-0ocQ2B-wI7QUW8fqdB3SeI7raGuO9H_2skmdPnaw5EjZ5GZ7uZ_dBlc6UwQ9-VHccHpl_uMNBIFUT68gTgw21Q_ONixtNmxGKti5w1q2G/s1600-h/DSC_0004_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063342711018196722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" height="112" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKYBPsqDrFKL8XDq51cCfKfojANlwiLCymI-0ocQ2B-wI7QUW8fqdB3SeI7raGuO9H_2skmdPnaw5EjZ5GZ7uZ_dBlc6UwQ9-VHccHpl_uMNBIFUT68gTgw21Q_ONixtNmxGKti5w1q2G/s200/DSC_0004_2.jpg" width="178" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoT_jvmyHbpcMVL6rM8oQqc-nlcRumiCFYMjwkb2cuTunXTgxFcX6L-IJzSF95EYfTKSjlm8lrNJP-90XyWwKostANL71gyr0hUIy7MFpJbFn844hkYChnLDuMriFmp8Zmsm7nn50WQEH1/s1600-h/ponta+group.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063342891406823170" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" height="114" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoT_jvmyHbpcMVL6rM8oQqc-nlcRumiCFYMjwkb2cuTunXTgxFcX6L-IJzSF95EYfTKSjlm8lrNJP-90XyWwKostANL71gyr0hUIy7MFpJbFn844hkYChnLDuMriFmp8Zmsm7nn50WQEH1/s200/ponta+group.JPG" width="182" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistzpWGI6tNMlQC_jgCfysuiopHw6lR_f9DxRKYP8GCBmapIn76rZ8g9FleF-c0qWq5xb5rq2FWP-L2keZW5rqer3LqPSvx6eH2R-mxGkm8mdiQOcb6xibUsyvHtrFdoEdxQ77dgpJ3LWD/s1600-h/Ponta+025.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVccd7ojGc0b6inGRouHXpzmAHCSMfZ_34SC9kNyiWCHyV4JNCB5Fw6Es_mPMLdKZElVKvvO_F41TUnOm-H1vDFFHrCt07RwjAZIB8XsARmk2wIalfBFNtkUiVSawGGm46p_obv6C7z3hh/s1600-h/DSC_0004_2.jpg"></a><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8TurVpPXa-zBFhcj6Qu1UmvRLl3wD1kx3-EqKWsUSaVN1YkHsHE9LoaCKYKGJbOLlfSo81rM9FNxXGA2YOXgO7l04Ovvhmz2kTOqaQNer-vScfgzV_PisMq0iM46h72knwC7rURyBy4E/s1600-h/Ponta+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063339335173902034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" height="127" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8TurVpPXa-zBFhcj6Qu1UmvRLl3wD1kx3-EqKWsUSaVN1YkHsHE9LoaCKYKGJbOLlfSo81rM9FNxXGA2YOXgO7l04Ovvhmz2kTOqaQNer-vScfgzV_PisMq0iM46h72knwC7rURyBy4E/s200/Ponta+002.jpg" width="178" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaI-x1EQORGrXtVgrIJKk08flquDk5l6EsViP8HSWcb4gxXyNuOfQtNY3-MeGXSSu8eRjAi9G8H7rJMzG9DWhZi7YoCCEQOfgdyyFd2el5HjDaRTE2ILezKgRsO-dWIbkK_-LNGWG__FA_/s1600-h/Ponta+034.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063340288656641762" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" height="129" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaI-x1EQORGrXtVgrIJKk08flquDk5l6EsViP8HSWcb4gxXyNuOfQtNY3-MeGXSSu8eRjAi9G8H7rJMzG9DWhZi7YoCCEQOfgdyyFd2el5HjDaRTE2ILezKgRsO-dWIbkK_-LNGWG__FA_/s200/Ponta+034.jpg" width="179" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br />Alright...last post for a while. Headed back up to Pemba and the Quirimbas to see my client again and to start getting a little more concrete on the development plan for his concession. This time around, I'm hoping to visit the historic <a href="http://www.go2africa.com/Mozambique/pemba-coast/ibo/">Ibo Island</a>, which is next door to Quirimba. Full report in a week or so... </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-52872990894802904372007-05-06T17:38:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:26.253-05:00InhambaneTook a road trip a couple provinces to the north of Maputo to Inhambane. Partly on work--I checked out a couple lodges there, and my co-workers toured some coconut factories--but a good part of the time was spent in a really nice beach town called Tofo. Maybe the biggest backpacker destination in Mozambique.<br /><br />Below-left the southern end of of Tofo's pristine beach. It was off this beach that I went on a little marine safari and got to swim over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark">whale sharks</a>, which are normally rare but were fairly plentiful in these waters. Seeing one is a major box to tick off for serious divers. Below-right, my co-workers and I with two of the managers at our hotel. The one in the middle, Helio, is also a somewhat well known music artist in Mozambique specializing in African/hip-hop fusioney kind of stuff, with a lot of looped vocal percussion. His website: <a href="http://crazyafrican.com/">http://crazyafrican.com/</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETXlESqhJcOY53h3NZveYZIedPSeNNsYGB2M-GbGLMM3zidnoYCfuFDXgspJttom-Pib1SGk5JqCctBldRGH5lPEzsvfJPw6z9_ejLK8IWNxOhkxvVLXk8_jNWafnGmXC8x_JXaLWB4LM/s1600-h/Map-Inhambane+112.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062146274863451650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="131" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETXlESqhJcOY53h3NZveYZIedPSeNNsYGB2M-GbGLMM3zidnoYCfuFDXgspJttom-Pib1SGk5JqCctBldRGH5lPEzsvfJPw6z9_ejLK8IWNxOhkxvVLXk8_jNWafnGmXC8x_JXaLWB4LM/s200/Map-Inhambane+112.jpg" width="179" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipezaKkQkSkiXC2GdISg88LPwDo7fvYhea595iSERwJuTXfK36aLR9ml6ffunDPyMOisAZMkhRdF6M3H0bJLZEeXxnvd3rVdu5VHLNO7tcCVXdK8fX9T2PxDQDR1bwgWPLz0jrE-tRxC2Q/s1600-h/Map-Inhambane+119.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062176794901057042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" height="131" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipezaKkQkSkiXC2GdISg88LPwDo7fvYhea595iSERwJuTXfK36aLR9ml6ffunDPyMOisAZMkhRdF6M3H0bJLZEeXxnvd3rVdu5VHLNO7tcCVXdK8fX9T2PxDQDR1bwgWPLz0jrE-tRxC2Q/s200/Map-Inhambane+119.jpg" width="184" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div>On the way home from Inhambane, we stopped in another coastal town called Xai Xai where we stumbled upon some festivities celebrating Mozambique's Dia de Trabalhadores (Labor Day). To the left some of the dancers, to the right, me not blending in with the crowd: </div><div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mm-Y2e8RgGnk8wOv_4bIt3QST5-DY1WTNtAiAvsV3Y3u2wV39slw2MTzJjp08PFvWn4d17PKDl5YvZgxeiCLlh26vPK-TtGdotPvI58iptW-qrseVdEkcUva7Ki5Ly4PHLaLtDSsVVNI/s1600-h/Map-Inhambane+126.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062197711391788578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" height="134" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mm-Y2e8RgGnk8wOv_4bIt3QST5-DY1WTNtAiAvsV3Y3u2wV39slw2MTzJjp08PFvWn4d17PKDl5YvZgxeiCLlh26vPK-TtGdotPvI58iptW-qrseVdEkcUva7Ki5Ly4PHLaLtDSsVVNI/s200/Map-Inhambane+126.jpg" width="180" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bjfFum0Eu6260gbK4BmDdNhLwio8KWHlbxQvs7uZRRx56r8ZGkFG3bCtfZ1Wd6dxwl2BQ9JRhLFo6IFxdlr8Hdd_Acb4DVrV75Zebqqj7Xg8ayqbHA20gxEN8hiZVdp580P9iIEqYMNh/s1600-h/Xai+Xai+-+Dia+de+Trabalhadores4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062200997041770034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px" height="127" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bjfFum0Eu6260gbK4BmDdNhLwio8KWHlbxQvs7uZRRx56r8ZGkFG3bCtfZ1Wd6dxwl2BQ9JRhLFo6IFxdlr8Hdd_Acb4DVrV75Zebqqj7Xg8ayqbHA20gxEN8hiZVdp580P9iIEqYMNh/s200/Xai+Xai+-+Dia+de+Trabalhadores4.JPG" width="178" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Below also a rough clip of one of the dance routines. If you watch closely, the smallest kid who is initially to the left in the blue shorts and white headband was a riot. Biggest crowd pleaser by far:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ubHgWtuBKzk" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-52680178157145485402007-05-03T13:05:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:26.749-05:00Maputo - around townIt's taken me a month to make a substantial post about Maputo, the capital of the country and where I'm more or less based in between my travels up north...but better late than never. As I mentioned early on, this city has both the tropi-colonial charm thing going as well as the delapidation and poverty you'd expect to see in a third world city. That said, my experiences so far here have been really positive. Relative to the rest of the country, Maputo could pass for a southeast African version of New York or San Francisco. Quite a bit of activity here be it commerce or culture. Some photos from the last full weekend I spent in the city below...<br /><br />To the left, inside the old fortaleza--a shadow of a statue of some important Portuguese general I'm assuming. To the right, the entrance to the botanical park conspicously guarded by a statue of Samora Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, and an adopter of Marxist policies. They were evidently pretty intent on drilling those ideals home, as some of the most prominent roads in Maputo are Avenidas Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenine and Mao Tse Tung:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ERnGJvsJof4d2_tA5PPkug3CbuOq4QO17I8HPiKFCqwcf4mfTlUMhP6u6f2IJemj7PH1TeZO03nNjOZzeVCuy0yWQxrGPXuQ179ozjXVwR-ShRdQC0UHqMzCLo3yjlqfiTsPtnlyhmJW/s1600-h/Map-Inhambane+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060451128581131698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ERnGJvsJof4d2_tA5PPkug3CbuOq4QO17I8HPiKFCqwcf4mfTlUMhP6u6f2IJemj7PH1TeZO03nNjOZzeVCuy0yWQxrGPXuQ179ozjXVwR-ShRdQC0UHqMzCLo3yjlqfiTsPtnlyhmJW/s200/Map-Inhambane+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtZPsgAh7QdwR507xW-2lrPAaIGDaZyT4hDMkRx5hAzt2pCupYcQrPJl8V-oVYGYbc0f8KsS38lm03bp4cgmxrEIht0oEDpDdAqTfR7OVZPgsycccKQgkFM74rneJMjzTwXEQL2fLPtM3/s1600-h/Map-Inhambane+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060450638954859938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtZPsgAh7QdwR507xW-2lrPAaIGDaZyT4hDMkRx5hAzt2pCupYcQrPJl8V-oVYGYbc0f8KsS38lm03bp4cgmxrEIht0oEDpDdAqTfR7OVZPgsycccKQgkFM74rneJMjzTwXEQL2fLPtM3/s200/Map-Inhambane+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Next up the mercado de peixe. A typical Sunday afternoon thing to do. First pick your catch and negotiate with the fishmongers as my co-worker Fabio is doing (left), and then head to one of the outdoor restaurants next door to have them cook it all up for you so you can eat it along with some cold cervejas (right). We went with fresh caught shrimp and lobster that day:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyo6Jd1LkiGo3qRmQrkl94RvKUKbp0oYIKZkKJpo2UQGvUk2E8QjbzbEGXniNbKBKY0_tFVzBryhLtxeOC4H9YZ2-vrwHa5n8euLTHknNpu9cAXV78TuE_T3Q85XXTxtMlMDhEAO_fHLbE/s1600-h/Map-Inhambane+026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060451764236291522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyo6Jd1LkiGo3qRmQrkl94RvKUKbp0oYIKZkKJpo2UQGvUk2E8QjbzbEGXniNbKBKY0_tFVzBryhLtxeOC4H9YZ2-vrwHa5n8euLTHknNpu9cAXV78TuE_T3Q85XXTxtMlMDhEAO_fHLbE/s200/Map-Inhambane+026.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi1UxpEp7KP57QFd7Ol-j3WHRx6tpkYfx2cMtWZjooFz5L_hs9Eb9UwALCJ3mAWk_IGGu1vcCgqS0zBoLAOE9-q9xq3eM1hlgdtbi2SU4DAgnkrxjQvKeR-vBOkZkGHFAdGGuiov7mEne/s1600-h/Map-Inhambane+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060452210912890322" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi1UxpEp7KP57QFd7Ol-j3WHRx6tpkYfx2cMtWZjooFz5L_hs9Eb9UwALCJ3mAWk_IGGu1vcCgqS0zBoLAOE9-q9xq3eM1hlgdtbi2SU4DAgnkrxjQvKeR-vBOkZkGHFAdGGuiov7mEne/s200/Map-Inhambane+028.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Finally, the beach along Maputo Bay. Left, some guys doing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira">capoeira</a>, which I hadn't realize had made it's way over here from Brazil. Right, more locals hanging out on the beach with the city skyline in the background:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf84oEkDbT69XGTTej9PdmuXEC3ff745NFmOgWjAMAtKtexVD2gHRW18Z1Q8ONqimAo6qjG97wxbOTFUfJ8Mr7bOb-Z6jiisxHeWUJWiOdXC0WVL4Y6y5wnpRQ746MR5LHF9N3HK2w_2sN/s1600-h/Map-Inhambane+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060452812208311778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" height="128" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf84oEkDbT69XGTTej9PdmuXEC3ff745NFmOgWjAMAtKtexVD2gHRW18Z1Q8ONqimAo6qjG97wxbOTFUfJ8Mr7bOb-Z6jiisxHeWUJWiOdXC0WVL4Y6y5wnpRQ746MR5LHF9N3HK2w_2sN/s200/Map-Inhambane+033.jpg" width="180" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxMx63LuzBdnSECSLS4Rc8yMRPOAOhPZOSiyPd29uzKUValJnpmgSOaD4EcgwkBGBEUMaon7w72cqTo-a_oyIQBfmlcj3tVexTe_IGoB0A3U9Xi835kMacc8-jr4TTbwGEe5EazNa08gU/s1600-h/capoeira.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060453804345757170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" height="127" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxMx63LuzBdnSECSLS4Rc8yMRPOAOhPZOSiyPd29uzKUValJnpmgSOaD4EcgwkBGBEUMaon7w72cqTo-a_oyIQBfmlcj3tVexTe_IGoB0A3U9Xi835kMacc8-jr4TTbwGEe5EazNa08gU/s200/capoeira.JPG" width="179" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-2445541581630336992007-05-01T12:42:00.000-04:002007-05-02T02:53:56.800-04:00Quirimba - chat with DecimaLast Quirimba post for a while. This one a clip of me asking a few questions in my broken Portuguese to a local islander who was looking after the old lodge I was staying in.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/opdmHnPHsiM"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/opdmHnPHsiM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Good to hear he's pro-tourism, since one of my main objectives is to put together the business plan to reopen a bigger and better eco-lodge.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-35028715698269942452007-04-26T09:05:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:31.561-05:00Quirimba - island lifeIn addition to the coconut plantation, Quirimba Island is unique to many of the other Quirimba archipelago islands around because of its village feel. There are about 4,000 people--a large proportion of them children--on the island. Most live off the local natural resources like fish and agro/horticultural products.<br /><br />Below-left a few men cutting a up a ray they just caught. Unfortunately the islanders have fished their waters somewhat destructively over the years, using methods like putting poison in the water, using explosives even. As a result, the reefs and other marine habitats have been damaged. With the government declaring it national park land, however, hopefully the situation will improve. Below-right, a dugout fishing canoe, usually carved out of a single tree trunk:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakNNnANqIEXnlX_dzdPxnaq8JkIh-uaJAHdkJ0oVIOlBCEzbIB54qoL50zcwsG3PpoVjWAtB1dk2Vk7xBtvjmQu8adWMpWCVLcmGKYDNhxwp_9_eB36bBubLMrm9z0ImC-xzzwxQ94Yp9/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.13.07+094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057727535199915314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" height="142" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakNNnANqIEXnlX_dzdPxnaq8JkIh-uaJAHdkJ0oVIOlBCEzbIB54qoL50zcwsG3PpoVjWAtB1dk2Vk7xBtvjmQu8adWMpWCVLcmGKYDNhxwp_9_eB36bBubLMrm9z0ImC-xzzwxQ94Yp9/s200/Quirimba+4.13.07+094.jpg" width="193" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6TsyXU3f3TZ9OGmtcL8OBXAquCIkJILG8H8PKLBRp44QINTvQYHt0ZYNaN-au6cr26k5G3uqJ_Nn1yyUyL53JuB8w6aYdy6-J00m5Jgr-b8Kcg8F7JtRglrb2Lni2yzZAuMwHbxghqRW/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.13.07+086.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057727114293120290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px" height="143" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6TsyXU3f3TZ9OGmtcL8OBXAquCIkJILG8H8PKLBRp44QINTvQYHt0ZYNaN-au6cr26k5G3uqJ_Nn1yyUyL53JuB8w6aYdy6-J00m5Jgr-b8Kcg8F7JtRglrb2Lni2yzZAuMwHbxghqRW/s200/Quirimba+4.13.07+086.jpg" width="190" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Like I said, there are a lot of children on the island. The population was only half what it was a decade or two ago, due largely to high birth rates as well as inreased immigration. Below are a couple brothers who were toting around some coconuts they had picked from (hopefully) one of their non-plantation palms, also called smallholder trees in the coconut biz. Unlike some of the adults who are sometimes a bit reserved or suspicious, just about every kid on the island is extremely curious and friendly. These two fellas wouldn't leave me alone once they spotted me on the beach, especially when they saw I had a camera:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP93Gaz5aVbU_GZktFP121_DZPymUYO0UzrBML8PzExr8Begtx4OmiJ1wr1k3trsuoaYJtyfVJ-XbkDzvCDkZ8O_emn8GohdKpal1sA_QPezmqprMoPyJsD6JKgrenT2JZNV74JdughIyE/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.15.07+087.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057728501567556930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="136" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP93Gaz5aVbU_GZktFP121_DZPymUYO0UzrBML8PzExr8Begtx4OmiJ1wr1k3trsuoaYJtyfVJ-XbkDzvCDkZ8O_emn8GohdKpal1sA_QPezmqprMoPyJsD6JKgrenT2JZNV74JdughIyE/s200/Quirimba+4.15.07+087.jpg" width="182" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisk_NZ9KIM_USgIRdsU2XMG5VmfVzknKVIsrQdtYKSWsmjtEgBiwFb62sQEbtkhQtvbcqx70bB1fBV88-HDiZMp47dpWVmUW1QyEW3Ff7bfKo7OxnpesAaxpYI8Uf3Wjdo4JPWgHDKpKoF/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.15.07+088.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057729802942647634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" height="136" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisk_NZ9KIM_USgIRdsU2XMG5VmfVzknKVIsrQdtYKSWsmjtEgBiwFb62sQEbtkhQtvbcqx70bB1fBV88-HDiZMp47dpWVmUW1QyEW3Ff7bfKo7OxnpesAaxpYI8Uf3Wjdo4JPWgHDKpKoF/s200/Quirimba+4.15.07+088.jpg" width="188" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More islander children below-left, this time in front of a schoolhouse that had just been built and actually looked in pretty good shape. I was told, however, that the government or outside agency that built it spent 3 or 4 times the amount that it should have cost. Unfortunately, inefficiency is a recurring theme in this part of the world. Below-right is a picture of a maternity ward that was gifted to the island by an wealthy hotel operator from a neighboring island, but if you look closely they only built about 2 feet of the structure before running out of the money because the funds ended up getting diverted to other things:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZswhFgcKqNHH6Tegxk2tW1EF7OFCBQOR4Ccmbwej3LdwJG7fgvDrHadpv4tIy6FdDbHH1lrQOyR_9rt8iSB2dO4IhjzJOEHahT1BaJxDUzlGv7_UR95ZWVGMDqg87YuHulaQ3mMuNMOB/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.15.07+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057734939723533698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="136" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZswhFgcKqNHH6Tegxk2tW1EF7OFCBQOR4Ccmbwej3LdwJG7fgvDrHadpv4tIy6FdDbHH1lrQOyR_9rt8iSB2dO4IhjzJOEHahT1BaJxDUzlGv7_UR95ZWVGMDqg87YuHulaQ3mMuNMOB/s200/Quirimba+4.15.07+021.jpg" width="183" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_OLFkJU7sb6WfI4_hINkLVBqoE_h0lAepnimHhgv9-Uspbdef3-98s7rIKBsOKnhZLIrgNEX4vucgL8ndC51U0aNOQLjQb7ks405kWlxZKsSvjTqNfLVKG-JM2waBzH68IXx3J1Iy5K7/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.15.07+022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057735738587450770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 179px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" height="139" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_OLFkJU7sb6WfI4_hINkLVBqoE_h0lAepnimHhgv9-Uspbdef3-98s7rIKBsOKnhZLIrgNEX4vucgL8ndC51U0aNOQLjQb7ks405kWlxZKsSvjTqNfLVKG-JM2waBzH68IXx3J1Iy5K7/s200/Quirimba+4.15.07+022.jpg" width="188" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Below-left one of the many ruins left over from the Portuguese colonial days. This particular building I think was originally used for refrigeration--nowadays the locals just seem to kind of hang out in it for shade and gaze out the window at the water (look closely for kid gazing out window at water). Below-right, a group of woman hauling food from one part of the island to the other, by balancing it on their head...a common skill it seems of women in developing countries:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe8MdwUEnvBb-EApYtR4rRNsV2TFnNKOQ6LkoLvNw1pzhWYS9w-3bJmg7BOHQtoqUV6YCfwDebdLl7RWCFb9AkSuk4GC4dv2nekbhY4pLhyJh5krv7Z4o4mwmzIbJuNyqJNfDxCNlmH95/s1600-h/refrig+bldg+ruin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057732208124333410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" height="132" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe8MdwUEnvBb-EApYtR4rRNsV2TFnNKOQ6LkoLvNw1pzhWYS9w-3bJmg7BOHQtoqUV6YCfwDebdLl7RWCFb9AkSuk4GC4dv2nekbhY4pLhyJh5krv7Z4o4mwmzIbJuNyqJNfDxCNlmH95/s200/refrig+bldg+ruin.JPG" width="183" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwB76d-NYQQ6NZ6iRVmBdOtNkpFPTbToq5xk3v1gDEofYNpRPm9xdS-PVNLIZZfkGuN5Rdjqq6OgLoWboUW37ekr2Bdshyphenhyphen3dM9pFE4CVc1lGvwEDsq6RLL13EIDYPUj7IS-uqElU1pNCl/s1600-h/women+haulers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057734248233799026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 179px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" height="141" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwB76d-NYQQ6NZ6iRVmBdOtNkpFPTbToq5xk3v1gDEofYNpRPm9xdS-PVNLIZZfkGuN5Rdjqq6OgLoWboUW37ekr2Bdshyphenhyphen3dM9pFE4CVc1lGvwEDsq6RLL13EIDYPUj7IS-uqElU1pNCl/s200/women+haulers.JPG" width="192" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-17476327693480176382007-04-23T17:37:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:32.783-05:00Quirimba Island - coconut plantationOver half the island is coconut plantation. Most of it is currently going towards the production of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copra">copra</a>, which is used to produce industrial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil">coconut oils</a>, which in turn are used in cooking oils, soaps, and other products. In this clip, Hans, who runs the day to day operation of the plantation, explains how they harvest, process and distribute their product:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y0nrMLRijIk" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br />A few pics below. The tree on the left has just one of the peculiar growth patterns, along with <a href="http://www.timchristie.ca/zambia/zanzibar/palm.jpg">corkscrew</a> shapes, that coconut palms are prone to exhibit. On the right a large African fish eagle taking flight from a palm on the side of the island containing the younger, more productive trees. <div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxI_ul2sWi3d4ZybXBtu_QyKzU_PSqMWp3cSUWrhpJafdaD4hP-_3GoB9pM5tT2a2g8Z67ufUMNMakDL3rl2Iyp-1xjDDPdsNC_IqJELHAlrpOQ9Oa1BxgmK6R6FSGyciNEZoTpL-6xqD/s1600-h/african+fish+eagle.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056749750675079362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 163px" height="188" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxI_ul2sWi3d4ZybXBtu_QyKzU_PSqMWp3cSUWrhpJafdaD4hP-_3GoB9pM5tT2a2g8Z67ufUMNMakDL3rl2Iyp-1xjDDPdsNC_IqJELHAlrpOQ9Oa1BxgmK6R6FSGyciNEZoTpL-6xqD/s200/african+fish+eagle.JPG" width="158" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLivjmfCp2tqJXsBDdbDn36gZuKhxEI-Bto9fpM-07hNKy6qQgqXyylC81okAqHIA6nvmPzL-Z_5mHdHQ__CELIbt39onxHnQcA80vUxJjthxDXRA1JfgEprfARfQ9jYcq_cfGBD-nug9h/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.15.07+066.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056749050595410098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 163px" height="194" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLivjmfCp2tqJXsBDdbDn36gZuKhxEI-Bto9fpM-07hNKy6qQgqXyylC81okAqHIA6nvmPzL-Z_5mHdHQ__CELIbt39onxHnQcA80vUxJjthxDXRA1JfgEprfARfQ9jYcq_cfGBD-nug9h/s320/Quirimba+4.15.07+066.jpg" width="285" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="right"></p><br /><br /><p align="right"></p><br /><br /><p align="right"></p><p align="right"></p><p align="left">Finally, Hans and his staff manager, Massenga, here at the 'port' on the island, talking about the shipment of copra that they're loading onto the dhow (sailboat) behind them. It took this dhow and two others 21 days to sail from Zanzibar down to Quirimba because of the winds/currents, no stopping in between!! Should be less than half that going back, but even then I can't imagine having to deal with the waves, sun and cramped quarters for that long...</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74swtjxudURHsXKBay1wONiLhBwXg7REePTC40OfsudVk0oMDGVXPbnirq33vlzhVlTtVfwOiHj8BTozjqRLGn3hf9rHFqGydeO7bYN-gQJPeYv5d4-LttiUjzaZsT0DsctAMVb8hlSqH/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.18.07+026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057086540535595234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 396px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px" height="250" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74swtjxudURHsXKBay1wONiLhBwXg7REePTC40OfsudVk0oMDGVXPbnirq33vlzhVlTtVfwOiHj8BTozjqRLGn3hf9rHFqGydeO7bYN-gQJPeYv5d4-LttiUjzaZsT0DsctAMVb8hlSqH/s320/Quirimba+4.18.07+026.jpg" width="361" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p align="left"></p><br /><br /><p align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLNE-5oHkKYxoRnB_YNrYQKjHZaEaZ4w8bvIoU8OLVfsGqhUbNNDvisfW3eVLbVbLbjYtLC4Px3RrvU10uQDttwMS2EDJ70H1P_w-_AzUFGuZC4qKK4kWp5UH1nOJvHFygf_-DTworbPX/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.13.07+062.jpg"></a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-27780834870000390452007-04-21T14:17:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:33.601-05:00Quirimba Island - settling inTo get to Quirimba, we went on the client's boat. Most of us passed the 5 hours of bobbing up and down by snoozing in the cabin to try and forget about our sea sickness:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi250I6OFSrenz5vGvGUArlAmhGaRpuqYtLZuFmuaAOaseStyXVLNB3skrDaPgqooBvTYDEUozDW8N-b_yP-m3E9FsDWAXsrte-yL7jQYkl2Iw9Xlo2OI-ivC_m1poUrjuD6fQcCLpVWEfI/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.18.07+031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055976166935527522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" height="221" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi250I6OFSrenz5vGvGUArlAmhGaRpuqYtLZuFmuaAOaseStyXVLNB3skrDaPgqooBvTYDEUozDW8N-b_yP-m3E9FsDWAXsrte-yL7jQYkl2Iw9Xlo2OI-ivC_m1poUrjuD6fQcCLpVWEfI/s320/Quirimba+4.18.07+031.jpg" width="318" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX7FaeE3QN-_TLZW2KXIbjJlKb2e7Lz1bFJlT4p1IDn5HL0td5OdaKThgrnl06eyvaAtsgNSO8RjhLTCn4RULvYKG-6z5tggj1hvjNu81I9z7UPeAGW_qcd-6Gc17OOOfPxwP5IZJYJu7/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.13.07+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055977644404277362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" height="221" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX7FaeE3QN-_TLZW2KXIbjJlKb2e7Lz1bFJlT4p1IDn5HL0td5OdaKThgrnl06eyvaAtsgNSO8RjhLTCn4RULvYKG-6z5tggj1hvjNu81I9z7UPeAGW_qcd-6Gc17OOOfPxwP5IZJYJu7/s320/Quirimba+4.13.07+002.jpg" width="315" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX7FaeE3QN-_TLZW2KXIbjJlKb2e7Lz1bFJlT4p1IDn5HL0td5OdaKThgrnl06eyvaAtsgNSO8RjhLTCn4RULvYKG-6z5tggj1hvjNu81I9z7UPeAGW_qcd-6Gc17OOOfPxwP5IZJYJu7/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.13.07+002.jpg"></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Once we arrived, we got a warm welcome from the client's family who has been on the island for over 70 years. Their home has a real laid back farm-living feel... </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCuZUCLT-29DYIq95J7Q2eFxru3ZKRR8uwmtB-PVyNRgrwvosc5v0OfbzPB5qA8ruWN8fm-9q2zlU7YyWM_dOo7q_wGlr5NBs9_WvGaj4mQaKzG8EKZ-qYUteUYgbP920QvEnQ7CMggGh/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.17.07+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055980668061253762" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" height="133" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCuZUCLT-29DYIq95J7Q2eFxru3ZKRR8uwmtB-PVyNRgrwvosc5v0OfbzPB5qA8ruWN8fm-9q2zlU7YyWM_dOo7q_wGlr5NBs9_WvGaj4mQaKzG8EKZ-qYUteUYgbP920QvEnQ7CMggGh/s320/Quirimba+4.17.07+024.jpg" width="188" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4OTgqgq8c9Ud2ACgyBW0BVVwasc1myImbnJjHjs9JmmG7JwtNzSuPWcDfd8fonc4oPBplOj4Zwxw6Qghht-kyQPKLkcWSkZEZvCOxYLMp0cLTDZr1ORkv4-BOa-uuEgRMYk4VrEfIKRH/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.13.07+098.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055952046399193138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" height="139" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4OTgqgq8c9Ud2ACgyBW0BVVwasc1myImbnJjHjs9JmmG7JwtNzSuPWcDfd8fonc4oPBplOj4Zwxw6Qghht-kyQPKLkcWSkZEZvCOxYLMp0cLTDZr1ORkv4-BOa-uuEgRMYk4VrEfIKRH/s320/Quirimba+4.13.07+098.jpg" width="182" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...and the home-cooked food was outstanding. Fresh caught, locally grown ingredients like grouper, crayfish and the quintessential Portuguese chili pepper, piri piri, which as many of you can imagine I loaded up on:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKeJdvAT9M7TRkD3ADQY-erZqS5ruXijInZ9dWqk6m77Jv4hTM1J9ExszAhcw7hn7ykoOLc_U3pmG_Qv5P1ryj3BMs9EuajVIX4rrvbX6yf1GlGkS4u4j7JanTOe_ZHGGNKbvhnRDsbzT/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.13.07+109.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055983004523462802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 141px" height="147" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKeJdvAT9M7TRkD3ADQY-erZqS5ruXijInZ9dWqk6m77Jv4hTM1J9ExszAhcw7hn7ykoOLc_U3pmG_Qv5P1ryj3BMs9EuajVIX4rrvbX6yf1GlGkS4u4j7JanTOe_ZHGGNKbvhnRDsbzT/s320/Quirimba+4.13.07+109.jpg" width="185" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PUWC3wxx3TEQcOOPp2c_Z_D65DmDVcfWGU__e_JpXqQqGnmZRkb86b52pHySD6xFQmvCIgTFpK5tpBcOBlPm4jSPBHg02xoQfJ9L90Rc_QpleMlCltJ7emqzM7Me_WERH8bqx0LG2YEQ/s1600-h/Quirimba+4.17.07+030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055953923299901522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" height="185" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PUWC3wxx3TEQcOOPp2c_Z_D65DmDVcfWGU__e_JpXqQqGnmZRkb86b52pHySD6xFQmvCIgTFpK5tpBcOBlPm4jSPBHg02xoQfJ9L90Rc_QpleMlCltJ7emqzM7Me_WERH8bqx0LG2YEQ/s320/Quirimba+4.17.07+030.jpg" width="243" border="0" /></a> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-46550578010111788032007-04-20T12:27:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:33.898-05:00Pemba III'm back in Maputo, and back to a relatively not-horrible internet connection. My first trip to Pemba and Quirimba Island was a good one--a beautiful part of the country that I got to see, but also was able to make a lot of progress on my project. Over the next week I'll post some of the photos and videos I took while there, starting with these looking out from my back porch onto Wimbi Beach in Pemba:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IO74nAw0Ht6jHV-6R9RbqpSBBnC9TEDlX2tUx3hl6VWCgnu8PBZCA32EQ3u35hXx8boP7HX-RUqe9gC9AGQaCkShyhuBjuJ1D_c6Nhku3q5df5Wlb8y1VkTDTBk5lgKt36JwxxJY1ZC6/s1600-h/2.26.07+Pemba+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055552605850730498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px" height="289" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IO74nAw0Ht6jHV-6R9RbqpSBBnC9TEDlX2tUx3hl6VWCgnu8PBZCA32EQ3u35hXx8boP7HX-RUqe9gC9AGQaCkShyhuBjuJ1D_c6Nhku3q5df5Wlb8y1VkTDTBk5lgKt36JwxxJY1ZC6/s320/2.26.07+Pemba+002.jpg" width="167" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSZl-E_xlO6bzhaw3u4YAONaXUj-oNLr8-Tj8fzZLa9fQgeFKv7Q3Ds7Pzmc8c5hKI4zK6izLrS8pkjooC_ykgFcSIaSXW7_fwsHEe0FfSAl5IZHBzZ3KZvjvBOfsh_sTLO5zFre_WICt/s1600-h/Pemba+4.19.07+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055554031779872802" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px" height="234" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSZl-E_xlO6bzhaw3u4YAONaXUj-oNLr8-Tj8fzZLa9fQgeFKv7Q3Ds7Pzmc8c5hKI4zK6izLrS8pkjooC_ykgFcSIaSXW7_fwsHEe0FfSAl5IZHBzZ3KZvjvBOfsh_sTLO5zFre_WICt/s320/Pemba+4.19.07+014.jpg" width="205" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKH5Tsjtx7OmzsZDTfuBwf-i4PLQ52lbjvI4F1wPm9eLpc9q4EZlSQK9XZEXXcDp5bUQuvg29mAWbEXHMwP1Ki8UiozjYEBZ1V32J9BqcouP0nZ4O8jg514iF-_zpf1iKxrXBOqpJsuIN/s1600-h/2.26.07+Pemba+001.jpg"></a></div><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E-Kpjlh50vY" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-25626867123527098562007-04-10T16:36:00.000-04:002007-04-25T11:17:02.658-04:00Pemba -- last post for a whileArrived today into Pemba, a beach town and capital of Mozambique's northernmost province, <a href="http://dholmes.com/master-list/mozambique.gif">Cabo Delgado</a>. Haven't had much chance to explore, but luckily the house I'm staying in is right on Wimbi Beach, so I do get some great views of the sea, sand and locals walking about from the back porch. Unfortunately the connection sucks so I can't upload any pictures. If I could they'd look something like <a href="http://www.destinationafrica.info/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/wimbe-beach-pemba-mozambique.jpg">this</a>.<br /><br />Tomorrow I'll head to Quirimba Island on a 5-hour boat ride with the local land owner to begin the real on-the-ground work of figuring out what the best opportunities are to develop the local economy. Tourism and coconut oil/biofuel will likely be at the top of the list.<br /><br />No internet on the island, so next update probably not for another week - 10 days...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-68321616926913617392007-04-07T17:23:00.000-04:002008-11-13T19:12:34.617-05:00Kruger safari<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DtwnWFqJhzGstYxqv2IQXX0hCR9OKxPoh3l3HWufSd6g08kKyoe65XdPocobuIMLPoD5YTt4ooHdSoUlCrkt2MhGWE3VxIaJ_6tRAwG9tvvCxvE1OpUK1RLzQqwEUQP7iNM25Cei8DE8/s1600-h/Kruger+Entrance.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050806067421760738" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" height="253" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DtwnWFqJhzGstYxqv2IQXX0hCR9OKxPoh3l3HWufSd6g08kKyoe65XdPocobuIMLPoD5YTt4ooHdSoUlCrkt2MhGWE3VxIaJ_6tRAwG9tvvCxvE1OpUK1RLzQqwEUQP7iNM25Cei8DE8/s320/Kruger+Entrance.JPG" width="185" border="0" /></a>As promised, some highlights from my day trip to Kruger Park just across the border in South Africa. Quite a welcome to the wild continent I must say. I didn't see all of the Big Five (elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, buffalo), only the first two, but saw many others including the giraffe, zebra, hippo, baboon, warthog, impala, gazzelle, wildebeest and crocodile.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050816396818107682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 205px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" height="169" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPpK_KOnU81kRQWEXI435NwXJ3j1MlHygT9wNUHtlK1NaIwuP0qppyUeuaEOpHNoGmsLqg0ScVjBH3NOsboQpW3_bHC7vBY5CV1fj7yNvYnwy4VLJqu0ZMr6FqgqofzBtjvOmQpy0C2VX/s320/zebras.JPG" width="281" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7BUA92NXYcXegcRDm5oSRyI7kg69RW9qWF7q5E56QSNc_Efsch05hNwwEXY1MwrXwzA55Up2Pr-XohGlD1v4m8N3BmfTihvTL68iJ9isyAnfNWGbU45EgvTxouaeWglxOFy7XcNE5Zgm/s1600-h/giraffe.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051019780699442482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px" height="235" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7BUA92NXYcXegcRDm5oSRyI7kg69RW9qWF7q5E56QSNc_Efsch05hNwwEXY1MwrXwzA55Up2Pr-XohGlD1v4m8N3BmfTihvTL68iJ9isyAnfNWGbU45EgvTxouaeWglxOFy7XcNE5Zgm/s320/giraffe.JPG" width="178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTs9e2rLDQyf20LypiPQrSTpCR_jIKndLxr8lTx2ZUwZxv_jIatpq9N7Q9kDR-0t7llaGxk4eU5WBuBMM4OfgX_RLIKnNrkFYi3lsiqz_Uc5KVLBKiDeB1FFAg2lXMPUL7f_U7htjpSQe/s1600-h/warthog.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051097871794818386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" height="167" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTs9e2rLDQyf20LypiPQrSTpCR_jIKndLxr8lTx2ZUwZxv_jIatpq9N7Q9kDR-0t7llaGxk4eU5WBuBMM4OfgX_RLIKnNrkFYi3lsiqz_Uc5KVLBKiDeB1FFAg2lXMPUL7f_U7htjpSQe/s320/warthog.JPG" width="287" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Posted a few pics here, but make sure to also check out the video below of our close encounter with a flustered elephant. It may not do justice to just how nerve-racking it was at one point. In fact if it wasn't for another vehicle suddenly accelerating to the right of us and scaring the big bull back, it really looked like he was about to charge. Then again it could have easily been my hard, De Niro-esque stare down that made him retreat.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lp8qtdmyeiY" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br />For the record,that Shaggy song in the background just happened to be playing on the car radio at the time--I didn't dub it in or anything. That said, my mind is now racing with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo4eWT6SnuA&mode=related&search=">possibilities</a> for the audio on the next clip. Stay tuned.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-90046811079184819712007-04-06T12:38:00.000-04:002007-04-08T15:39:26.678-04:00Arrived and settled......into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maputo">Maputo</a>. The city is about how I expected actually--both the aura of past colonial/tropical charm as well as the realities of third world poverty. What I didn't expect was how relatively easily I could blend in here--lots of expats around, many also with NGOs, and quite a few Indians either living here or from South Africa. Not like Brazil or China, where they didn't know what the hell I was and where I'd often find myself in <a href="http://www.blinkx.com/videos/conan%20staring%20contest">staring</a> <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=M7Dxx2NjEe4">contests</a> with curiuos locals (I always lost). Has been great getting to know the folks in the Technoserve Maputo office too--sharp, purposeful, professional people, but also laid back and friendly. Haven't taken any photos yet because I'm trying not to be too much of a conspicuous <em>estrangeiro </em>in my first week, but...<br /><br />...I am getting ready for my first tourist thing tomorrow. Headed to <a href="http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/">Kruger National Park</a> for a little safari daytrip. Will try to post some visuals from that in a few days--hoping the weather holds up and it's not too crowded on the holiday weekend.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276894865777536656.post-2446683975268118262007-04-02T09:35:00.000-04:002007-04-03T15:22:28.638-04:00Here goes......my first real foray into this whole blogging thing. Am writing this post in the middle of my 10 hour layover in Frankfurt, which is in between my two redeye flights to get to Johannesburg. Once in Joburg, will have still another 6 hour layover and then the last leg to get to Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. Yes I'm whining--the journey does suck right now--but in the grand scheme I have no reason to complain.<br /><br />For those of you I haven't caught up with in a while, or those who don't even know me and just stumbled across this random blog, I'm headed to Mozambique to start a 10-week development project through an organization called <a href="http://www.technoserve.org">Technoserve</a>. I'll be focused on an island off the north coast called <a href="http://www.quilalea.com/mozambique/quirimbas.asp">Quirimba</a>, helping the local landowner surface and begin to implement opportunities in eco-tourism, biofuels and other potential areas for economic growth. I've heard many describe the raw beauty of the country and the island. I'm excited to see it for myself and get started on the work. That said, I'm sure it will be challenging--hopefully we can get some good things done down there.<br /><br />Eventually I'd like to trick this thing out a bit more with photos/videos and all that. But you know...baby steps. In the meantime, google "Mozambique" and click on the <a href="http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-03,GGLG:en&q=mozambique&amp;amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi">images</a> tab if you really want to see pretty pictures so bad.<br /><br />Signing off from Deutscheland. Next post from Moz.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2