by Sam Hollis | Aug 7, 2022 | Coast trips, Near Maputo, Sport
When I’m out kayaking in Maputo bay I can always see the island Ilha Xefina. So the temptation to visit has always been there. Local legend has it that on really low tides you can walk out there. You just have to time it right getting back. Or get a lift with a local...
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 Zoe Hanslip | Aug 15, 2021 | Coast trips, Near Maputo, Underwater wildlife
After a period of staying home most weekends, as a result of Covid related restrictions, we felt it was time to get out again and find out what we could do despite beaches being closed and restaurants only opening for lunch. We returned to Sky Island, a favourite...
by Sam Hollis | May 2, 2021 | Near Maputo, Travel
We had been wondering what to do for the Easter holiday. Harriett and I have less than 6 months left on our passport so need to renew it (as we need more than that to get back into Mozambique if we leave). But our passports have our residency permit in, and the...
by Sam Hollis | Feb 14, 2021 | Covid 19, Life in Mozambique, Near Maputo, school
My last update on this was in November and things looked very different back then. COVID had not taken hold in Mozambique and things were opening up. At Christmas, we managed to get my parents over here and South Africans were flooding over the border to...
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