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Wildlife at the coast

Wildlife at the coast

When you look, it’s amazing how much wildlife you see. I think that’s true whether you’re in the back garden in East Yorkshire, sat in the garden in Maputo, or here where I am now at Machubo. The wildlife you see in each place is very different, but, it’s always...
Getting to the coast

Getting to the coast

We have been amazingly lucky managing to get away on a holiday for a few days. Given the restrictions around the world, being able to drive to a deserted coast, and stay there is so fortunate. Mozambican independence day on a Thursday gave us a good excuse for a long...
Seeing local birdlife

Seeing local birdlife

We had heard that not too far away from us, as the Incomati river meets the sea is a place renowned for its birdlife so we thought we’d have a bit of an explore. In the UK this normally involved packing cagoules, fleeces, stout shoes, RSPB membership cards,...
Are we in lockdown in Mozambique

Are we in lockdown in Mozambique

I get asked a lot of the time ‘are you locked down in Mozambique?’ or ‘what’s the lockdown like in Mozambique?’. So I thought I’d explain it here. First of all, there isn’t a lockdown as such. It isn’t like the UK was....
Getting out into rural Mozambique

Getting out into rural Mozambique

Two weeks of isolation and then social distancing has meant a lot of time in the house and in a hotel, and not much time getting out and seeing the country we have moved to. Going to the supermarket hardly counts as a cultural experience. Although the staff coming...