by Zoe Hanslip | Aug 21, 2022 | Life in Mozambique, school
Regular routine and consistency in a familiar environment is good for children, right? Well, I hope not – or more precisely, I hope that is not necessary, because constant change, varying routines and new experiences is more what our girls have been exposed to, and...
by Sam Hollis | Feb 19, 2022 | Life in Mozambique
This is a common topic of conversion in Mozambique and a word people think of with most poorer countries. It’s certainly something we all experience on a daily basis in Mozambique. I’ll start with a few examples of where we across it everyday living in...
by Zoe Hanslip | Oct 24, 2021 | Life in Mozambique, Near Maputo
We recently went to our maid Laura’s “lobolo”. After much confusion about what she was inviting us to “I am going to marry my husband, Mum” and consultation from Julia (our HR director) and Filipe (my boss) we finally worked out that we had been invited to a lobolo...
by Sam Hollis | Aug 28, 2021 | Coast trips, Covid 19, Life in Mozambique, Near Maputo, school, Travel
Since mid August, when the girls’ school returned after the long holidays, it has been online learning again due to Mozambique’s high levels of COVID. We realized as school is online it can be anywhere. So, here we are in Praia de Bilene. We are staying in the...
by Sam Hollis | Jul 24, 2021 | Life in Mozambique
Having been here for almost 18 months I think we have just about got the hang of the seasons and weather in Mozambique. So, I thought a blog about the weather would be popular with our British friends and family back home. Although it seems the weather is as much a...
by Zoe Hanslip | Jul 18, 2021 | Life in Mozambique, UK
We had a fantastic visit home to the UK in June and you’ll hear a lot about that on some blogs to follow (and Sam has already written about the delights of hotel quarantine). Pre-empting those comments, and to avoid this more downbeat blog implying we didn’t love...
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