Kategorie: Allgemein
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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…
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Simbabwe
Unser erster Gedanke angesichts der aktuellen Nachrichten: Gut, dass wir nicht mehr dort sind. Ich wünsche dem Land, dass es so ruhig bleibt, wie es jetzt noch zu sein scheint. Und ich wünsche den vielen netten Menschen, die wir kennenlernen durften, einfach eine gute Zukunft. Ansonsten halte ich mich angesichts der überraschenden Zahl von Zugriffen auf meinen…
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One more time: Kruger
Sometimes you forget that Africa offers more than just the „Big Five“. Here in the Kruger alone there are 142 other species of mammals and over 500 bird species. Here is a selection randomly picked on a rainy evening (yes, here too you experience rain – and everyone is happy). Manchmal vergisst man, dass Afrikas Fauna mehr…