Kategorie: 2017
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Beach Life (2)
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…
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Food Supply
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.…
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Cyclon
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…
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I am sailing …
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).…
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Mangos and me
Mango trees accompany us throughout the journey. My favorite fruit. Too small, too green, too immature. And then, as if at a secret command, from November 1, there will suddenly be mangoes all along the roadside. At first only wild mangos, then huge plantations. I’m enjoying juice and sweetness. Während der gesamten Reise begleiten uns…
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Bribery? In Africa?
Zimbabwe and Mozambique rank 154th and 142nd in Transparency International’s corruption index (Germany 10th). I had taken into account a three-digit sum for being confronted with ludicrous accusations on the open road by police officers and was prepared to buying my way out. None of it. We passes more than 50 police checkpoints in both countries. And…
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Sunday in Mozambique
On our way to South Africa we see real migrations of the Mozambicans to their church. German churches can only dream of this. Auf unserem Weg nach Südafrika sehen wir wahre Völkerwanderungen zum Kirchgang. Davon können die deutschen Kirchen nur träumen.
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Toyo Day
Everything that is vital is working well on the car at the moment: the engine, the four-wheel drive, the refrigerator… What doesn’t work is actually only „nice to have“: solar system, headlight, high beam, windscreen wiper, radio. 2017 is the year with annoying „E’s“: elephants and electrics. We changed our (anyhow variable) itinerary and drove…
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Rot – Grün – Blau
In Germany (a news junkie like me reads a newspaper even in the bush from time to time) everyone is talking about a Jamaica coalition. If there should be (the very unlikely) coalition of these political colors, I claim the copyright on Agamidae coalition. In Deutschland (ja, ab und zu liest ein Medien-Junkie wie ich…
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Kruger and the Big Five
The first impression in South Africa is dominated by the huge supply in a small-town supermarket. How many kinds of fruit and vegetables …. After Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique we arrived in a developed and prosperous country. And since we are already in the area because of our three workshop visits, we enter of course…