I'm not gonna even try to write a post about the last 7-8 weeks.
Get out your atlas:
Thanksgiving Party at home in Chiure, Cabo Delgado (over 30 people at the party; 23 crashing at our house!). Open-back truck to Nampula City. Train from Nampula to Cuamba, Niassa. Chapa from Cuamba to Lichinga (Niassa's capital). Lichinga to Metangula by chapa. Camping on the beach on Lake Niassa in Chuanga. Chuanga to Cobue via open-back truck. Cobue to Likoma Island, Malawi via skiff boat. Straight chilling on Likoma Island. Likoma Island to Nhkata Bay (Malawi mainland) via 17 hour boat ride! More lake chilling. Nhkata Bay to Lilongwe by bus. Lilongwe to Chipata (Zambia) via buses and cars (to get across the border). Chipata to South Luangwa National Park (camping on the Luangwa River with the hippos). S.L.N.P. back to Chipata via car. Chipata to Lusaka (Zambian capital) via bus. Lusaka to Livingstone via bus. Chilling at the falls for a while (bungee jumping and river swimming). Livingstone to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on foot. Family meet-up all the way from the States! Victoria Falls to Hwange National Park via car with family.. Lots of animals and safari-lodging with family. H.N.P. back to Victoria Falls via bush plane. Victoria Falls to Maputo (via Jo'berg) by plane. Maputo to Machangula Peninsula via speedboat. Beach chilling and prawn eating with family. Back to Maputo via same boat. Maputo to Namaacha via chapa (Mozambican family chilling and wedding). Namaacha back to Maputo and on to Ponta D'Ouro via rented minibus (New Year's with extended Mozambican family on the beach). Back to Maputo via private car. Back to Namaacha by chapa (Moz family chilling). Back to Maputo by chapa. Flight from Maputo to Pemba. Chapa from Pemba home to Chi-town!
That spanned November 26th to January 8th. And included a ton of stories that I can't even begin to tell here.
Enjoy a lot of photos:
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Get out your atlas:
Thanksgiving Party at home in Chiure, Cabo Delgado (over 30 people at the party; 23 crashing at our house!). Open-back truck to Nampula City. Train from Nampula to Cuamba, Niassa. Chapa from Cuamba to Lichinga (Niassa's capital). Lichinga to Metangula by chapa. Camping on the beach on Lake Niassa in Chuanga. Chuanga to Cobue via open-back truck. Cobue to Likoma Island, Malawi via skiff boat. Straight chilling on Likoma Island. Likoma Island to Nhkata Bay (Malawi mainland) via 17 hour boat ride! More lake chilling. Nhkata Bay to Lilongwe by bus. Lilongwe to Chipata (Zambia) via buses and cars (to get across the border). Chipata to South Luangwa National Park (camping on the Luangwa River with the hippos). S.L.N.P. back to Chipata via car. Chipata to Lusaka (Zambian capital) via bus. Lusaka to Livingstone via bus. Chilling at the falls for a while (bungee jumping and river swimming). Livingstone to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on foot. Family meet-up all the way from the States! Victoria Falls to Hwange National Park via car with family.. Lots of animals and safari-lodging with family. H.N.P. back to Victoria Falls via bush plane. Victoria Falls to Maputo (via Jo'berg) by plane. Maputo to Machangula Peninsula via speedboat. Beach chilling and prawn eating with family. Back to Maputo via same boat. Maputo to Namaacha via chapa (Mozambican family chilling and wedding). Namaacha back to Maputo and on to Ponta D'Ouro via rented minibus (New Year's with extended Mozambican family on the beach). Back to Maputo via private car. Back to Namaacha by chapa (Moz family chilling). Back to Maputo by chapa. Flight from Maputo to Pemba. Chapa from Pemba home to Chi-town!
That spanned November 26th to January 8th. And included a ton of stories that I can't even begin to tell here.
Enjoy a lot of photos:
Thanksgiving Party aftermath. Papaya tree casualty.
That's about $0.30 worth of mangos!
Hungry on the train? Stick your head out the window.
Under the African Sky, Niassa Province, Mozambique
See above comment; pocket change for a bucket of mangoes.
Sunset, Lake Niassa, Mozambique
Praia de Chuanga, Lake Niassa
Early morning on the lake.
Cobue, Niassa Province, Mozambique
Evening skiff; Niassa, Mozambique to Likoma Island, Malawi border-crossing.
Six days of tent life and beach fire cooking on Likoma, Island.
Chizumulu Island, Lake Malawi (Niassa), Malawi
Seventeen hours of putt-putting along with 15 hp engine to cross to Nhkata Bay. That dot in the background is where we left from (we are about six hours from our destination at time of photo).
Mayoka camping; Nhkata Bay, Lake Malawi
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Canoeing on the lake with friends!
Cliff jumping, Lake Malawi, Malawi
Jump Joanna!
Stuck in the mud; South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Victoria Falls, Zambia Side
Jump again, Joanna! Victoria Falls Bridge, Zambezi River
Jump, Derek!
Jump again, Derek! Devil's Pool, Victoria Falls
A swim to the edge; Victoria Falls, Zambezi River
Post-jump Derek to pre-jump Jo: "Holy shit"
Coming in for landing from the co-pilot seat, Hwange National Park to Victoria Falls
Catfishing with the hippos, Zimbabwe
Chilling with some lions, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Dunes of southern Mozambique with the family.
Machangula Peninsula, Maputo Province, Mozambique
Catembe-Maputo Ferry. Returning from Ponta D'Ouro New Year's Festivities
Many destinations unfortunately went undocumented...
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