by Richard | May 13, 2009 | Africa, Mozambique, Travel
Stare at a computer screen long enough and I swear your mind becomes a mass of white noise. Which pretty accurately describes this evening – too many interesting links, blogs to follow up on and general clickery and I become an excitable puppy, unable to...
by Richard | Jan 29, 2009 | Africa, Mozambique, Travel
I am a stats junkie when it comes to all things Internet. Looking through the incoming links for this blog, it seems that a good few people came to the site looking up the various articles to do with backpacking through Mozambique – something that I have only...
by Richard | Jan 21, 2009 | Africa, Backpackers, Mozambique, Travel
Not quite a backpackers, so much as two sets of four-bed dorms behind the actual Pensao Pachina hostel – seemingly run as a sideline by the barman. Nevertheless, this spot makes for an acceptable (depending on your tolerance for accommodation standards) stop for...
by Richard | Jan 20, 2009 | Africa, Backpackers, Mozambique, Travel
Fatima’s Nest is a backpackers and camping spot situated right on Tofo’s main beach, and was a hive of activity during the period that we stayed there (over new years 2009). Unlike Fatima’s in Maputo (from which there is a shuttle for 600MTN),...
by Richard | Jan 13, 2009 | Africa, Backpackers, Mozambique, Travel
Next to Fatima’s Place, The Base is the other popular option for backpackers transiting through Maputo. Unlike Fatima’s, The Base is located closer to the interesting part of town, making for much shorter walks to the areas with major sightseeing and...
by Richard | Jan 11, 2009 | Africa, Creative Writing, Mozambique, Reflections, Travel
Wandering aimlessly through the poor, occasionally nonexistent, lighting of Vilanculo’s brick city on Christmas night, I was trying to find an ATM to be able to draw enough money to return to Maputo the next day to meet friends who would be arriving there in a...
