2 July, 2015 Vilanculos, Mozambique Awoke to the birds & soft rustle of coconut palm leaves. After emails, organizing our bbq for tonight & chatting to manager about Zimbabwe & the roads we set off on our exercise walk along the beach accompanied by the resort dogs. Well kept, inoculated animals too which is great. I smiled when commenting on dogs & resorts I was informed that they are working dogs, their jobs are to bark at intruders at night w...

1 July, 2015 Tofu to Vilanculos, Mozambique Upped sticks early so on the road by 8.30am. One GPS said 4hrs drive, the other 5.5hrs so interesting to see which is correct. The road is good, reasonably recently resurfaced, straight and undulates into the distance. For a fair while all that is for sale is coconuts, firewood and the ubiquitous charcoal, and talking about ubiquitous .... It seems to us that every childbearing female has a babe on back or is pregnan...

29 June, 2015 Tofu, Mozambique Another gorgeous morning so off we went to explore the other side of the peninsular, Praia da Barra. It's only about 10 km away and the road says 4x4 only but it was not that bad so got there quickly. Firstly went along the Lagoon side where there is an array of accommodation, some seem better days, some exclusive & gorgeous looking. We spotted some that may suit for our return trip. Then followed the road along the mangrove s...

28 June, 2015 Tofu, Mozambique It's been a very peaceful & cosy night & were awakened by the sunrise peeping through the reeds & the birds chirping. In spite of Glamping we have an allocated house boy, who charmingly told us off for not washing the sand off our feet the correct way. He is very helpful and eager to please. Decided to walk around the area but boy !!! It was hot. The beach glorious and very popular with surfers. We popped into some of ...

27 June, 2015 Baline to Tofu, via Inhambane, Mozambique. Bade farewell to our cottage by the sea and off we went, GPS & map ready for the next 6 hour drive. The drive back to the main road is through low bush scrub with the roadside dotted with little stalls selling charcoal, bush honey dangling in wine bottles from tree branches & neatly stacked tree branches cut in firewood lengths. The main road took us through a changing landscape of scrub, orange ...