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 | Jan 24, 2021 | Coast trips, Life in Mozambique, Visitors
Having arrived in mid March 2020 we had not seen in person any of our family or friends. The toll was starting to tell and by November we were keen to get family out here to visit. The UK December lockdown with associated travel ban put paid to that idea. But with a...
by Sam Hollis | Nov 15, 2020 | Covid 19, Near Maputo, school
I thought it would be good to give an update on the COVID and travel situation over here. Africa seems to be confusing the data analysts. When we arrived in March, late April was when COVID was forecast to take off in Africa. Then it was August. The last I heard a few...
by Sam Hollis | Oct 11, 2020 | Covid 19, Near Maputo, school
I thought it would be good to talk a little about day to day life here in Maputo. Although with the dog just arriving and Coronavirus restrictions relaxing things are changing quite a bit at the moment.We live here in Maputo in a Condominium. That’s basically a...
by Sam Hollis | Aug 30, 2020 | Near Maputo, Sport
One of the many things we shipped out here when we came were our bikes. Zoe and I both have road and mountain bikes here in Mozambique. Here in the capital, the road bike is what we use most of the time and there are some great places to go. Let’s start with the...
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