Monthly Archives: June 2011

Happiness. It’s a big subject and I know that the more you think about it the less likely you are to get anywhere near it, but still, I can’t leave this country without saying a few words about what I’ve … Continue reading →

It’s 4am on the night after my last blog and the guards have come to wake me up to tell me that the ferry has arrived. The Ilala is too big to come close to the beach so the local … Continue reading →

Yesterday wasnt a great day. I left Senga Bay in the morning and jumped in the back of a pick-up truck for the short drive to Salima.  I was hoping to connect there with a bus going north to Nykata Bay. The bus I … Continue reading →

I was up at 3am to get the rickety old train from Nampula to Cuamba over by the border with Malawi. The train was due to leave at 4am but didn’t get going till 7. Africa time! I’d heard some … Continue reading →