9 months on the road

Nine months ago today (October 6th, 2010), we set out for our grand adventure.  We had a “Top 10” list of places we wanted to see, 5 flights pre-purchased and 3 shirts apiece.  After surviving our first day (barely – we briefly talked about flying home when our ATM cards wouldn’t work in Moscow), we’ve

Mozambique Wrap Up

Mozambique is a country that Tommy and I do not plan to revisit. When other travelers ask us, “Oh, how was Mozambique?” with an excited voice, we inevitably pause, look at each other, deciding how honest to be. I hate to complain about a country with so much to offer, but….The honest truth is that

New Years in Tofo, Part 2

We try to book our accommodation day to day, a practice we have been using since our unfortunate eight days at Cuba Hostel. When we tried to renew our dorm beds at Fatima’s, Fatima herself assured us that they were sold out for the rest of our trip. She could try to squeeze us into

New Years in Tofo

Tofo (pronounced tofu, like the non-meat) is probably the most gorgeous beach town either of us has ever seen. Known as a backpackers’ paradise with amazing diving, Tofo is really the only reason we came to Mozambique. We arrived with high expectations and those were only heightened when we parked the car at Fatima’s (Tofo

Shakedowns

3 months into our trip, one of the things that remains most foreign to us is police corruption.  As an American, it just doesn’t compute.  We’ve read about/heard about/experienced police corruption in some way, shape or form in every country we’ve spent any time in, except Israel.

Road Trip

After spending an extra day in Maputo, we were ready to head on to our next destination. One of our new friends, Alison, had another friend with a car coming to pick her up to drive her to Tofo. She offered that we could tag along in the backseat, which sounded a lot better than

Christmas in Maputo

Initially, we thought we’d splurge for a proper hotel, rather than staying in a hostel, for Christmas.  Since we have to carry anything that we buy, we weren’t going to be exchanging gifts this year – we were instead going to get a hotel room.  At the last minute, Anna decided it would be more