Hubers go Africa

A tour with a Dhau in the lagoon of Inhambane satisfying my old sailor genes: snorkeling in front of Pansy-Island (joyful)  and visiting a 1000-soul community on Survivor-Island (thoughtful) – with school (two classrooms – same as we have recently financed with the Merck Family Foundation in Kenya) and hospital (with a very short supply of drugs).…

Every other year, the coast of Mozambique is hit by a tropical cyclone. This year, a rather devastating cyclone hit the south of Mozambique in February. Around 100 health centres and 1000 classrooms were destroyed. Despite great efforts, many buildings for tourists will not yet be renovated at the beginning of the high season in…

We haven’t seen supermarkets in a long time. And street vendors, where the meat hangs at 35 degrees (in the shade) on a stand (in the sun), still frighten us. Well. spaghetti al tonno, then. In Inhambane we buy frozen turkey shanks in a shop consisting of only two large freezers on 6 square metres.…

It is said that Mozambique has the most beautiful beaches of the entire East African coast. Inhassoro, Vilanculos, Morrungula, Barra, Tofo – places we didn’t know four weeks ago, with which we now connect dream beaches in Africa. And since the season doesn’t start until December, we are almost always alone, we don’t even have…

Santa Carolina, the smallest (3,000 x 500 meters) of the Bazaruto archipelago’s islands. The Portuguese called it „Paradise Island“. It’s a pity, I would have liked to name the island that way myself. The Portuguese were right. I know few more beautiful places in the world. And a picture doesn’t get out of my head:…

Once again a campsite where we are all alone. We are directly at the endless beach with a full day view of Inhassoro’s beach life: The fishermen and their very labour-intensive fishing method: a boat leaves a net into the sea almost 1 km from the beach, pulled ashore by two groups of young people…

„I’m heading south and I want to reach the sea…“ Humming songs from a long time ago and recall these lines of a German singer-songwriter. Fits even today. On our trip to the south, there are now new features in the farmers‘ offerings: pineapple and cashew nuts grow here. Good for us (and the villagers) that…

We crossed the border a little late, it’s too far to the coast. One night in busy Chimojo. Neither our desired city nor our desired hotel with a closed parking lot. A hotel directly on main street. But a security guard promises to watch over Toyo. After all, he’s got a rifle! This is hard-core Africa. We’re…

„The ceasefire that has been in place between the government and RENAMO since the beginning of this year has been consolidated and extended indefinitely. The military convoys accompanying civilian vehicles will remain suspended,“ the German Foreign Ministry wrote a few days ago. A reliable source. We dare to cross the border to Mozambique at Mutare. We…