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Diary of a trip to Australia

Di Paola

July 17, 2006 - Sidney

We landed in Sydney after 22 hours of flight and strangely are not upset, as always happens after a long trip ... definitely will be the enthusiasm for this adventure has just begun!

are just after 6 am and the city is still asleep .. but neither the deserted streets or discourage us from going cold in the famous bay. Charming! We stopped to look at the Opera House and The Arbour Bridge. After having seen so many videos and photos barely hardly believe to be there in front!

In the afternoon we go on nice monorail. The ticket for each journey costs 4.5 AUD while the daily 9 AUD. You will be tempted like us to take the second but the hard you use a circular saw that runs in only a small part of the city.

obligatory stop at Paddy's Market where I recommend you do the majority of vs. buy ... the only flaw is that it is only open from Thursday to Sunday. The market on the ground floor is packed with stalls that sell Asian (as always happens in the world) exactly the same stores across Australia at a price much lower .. For example, the classic tee with a written AUSTRALIA 12 AUD (€ 7.2) while in the stores will pay 29 AUD .. 10 AUD shirts instead of 24.
I came across a nice vendor that just to make me buy a pair of glasses it has made me feel a score showing the same face every time I am excited about how good they were (while behind her, Sara and Danny shook his head in disgust faces !!!). Obviously after having lowered the price from $ 5 to 20 have succumbed to the lure and I've got a couple!

July 18, 2006 - Sydney (Taronga Zoo + Aquarium)

Optimists for the glimmer of the morning sun decide to take the ferry to the classic tour of the bay with a stop at Taronga Zoo (AUD 45 total). But immediately after buying tickets optimism has given way to a subtle but heavy rain.
a pity! That show deserved to be enjoyed with a nice blue sky as

background ... A few hours later we return to the bay and we decide to find shelter from the cold and rain coming to visit the famous aquarium (entry costs AUD 27.50). Spectacular immersed tunnel in the shark tank, although I hope that it remains closer than ever to the meeting I will have with these fantastic creatures.
back to the hotel and how happen often in this first week, Danny and Sarah collapsed from exhaustion and will recover only after their hour of sleep ...

July 19, 2006 - Sidney (Blue Montains)

We got up early to go to Blue Montains a few kilometers from Sydney. The train
Sidney / Katomba round trip costs 16.20 aud. Unbelievable but despite being winter and there are only 15/20 degrees here the air conditioning is at most and will be even worse on the return journey .. even my head will freeze!
Once in Katoomba you can have a good half-hour walk to the entrance of the Blue Montains or take the bus that will take you there in 10 minutes. We have preferred walking leg

... Because of the time, what had to be a natural show only proved a disappointment ...

taking some pictures of the Three Sisters and look out on the balcony of Echo Point to see the view clouded. Who knows why they call it; I tried to scream but even the shadow of eco ... I only have remedied the looks of the people around me and the laughter of my friends who I hope are not too ashamed!

the evening we follow the advice of the Lonely and we go to eat at Pizza Mario. " Choice fits perfectly ...

July 20, 2006 - Sidney

Because of bad weather we get up late in the morning after the classic chocolate and take away (obviously with Marsh Mallows) decide to go around the city to do some 'healthy and tonic shopping!
For those wishing to buy Didgeridoo recommend a shop stocked in The Rocks area (do not remember the name but it is in St. George) We thought himself to dozens of similar places in Central Australia and along the coast we have not bought there. Too bad! The prices are among the lowest we have seen and the choice is undoubtedly the most assorted!
the evening we stopped to eat for the second time from "Zia Pina." The owners are Italian moved here several years ... very friendly and happy we have recognized when you enter and when it happens while you feel 'at home;)

Prior to retrace back to the hotel for the last time the streets of Sydney and we Arbour head towards the bridge ... the more than half walk with his eyes still fixed to the bay lit. Sara and I we We already take the sense of melancholy, in a few hours we will leave this wonderful city! Less traumatic for Dany not wait to leave for somewhere at sea. ;)

July 21, 2006 - Adelaide (Glenelg)

At 08:30 we take the flight to Adelaide ... and after 1 hour and 40 flight we are in a quiet town with very slow compared to the frenetic rhythms Sydney.
They are the same but the lights that emit sounds identical to the missiles of video games. The green here is for pedestrians only for a few seconds and then starts flashing red. The first day we took the suspense! In short, you're ready to shoot as soon as you as you walk through the green and then you think not'll never make it to reach the other side in time ...: D compared to Sidney
here's a time zone half an hour back! Ever heard of a time of 30 minutes .. but along the way I realize that here is a rather frequent .. disorientaci right for a bit 'of +:)
stroll in the central streets full of shops and wondering what to do for the rest of the day until we meet a lady of Italian descent who advises us to take the bus free (99C) to Victoria Square to Glenelg and then continue by train.
Unfortunately the bad weather does not give us rest here and even as the Blue Montains again the view shows that there is nothing that
... 's still early to eat so we decide to stop for a drink away from the cold wind got up.

Dany and Sara opted for a hot chocolate, I ... But a chamomile while we sat me enter both comatose and start straparlare and laughing. Effort to lose the little strength they have, run on the benches and almost fall asleep there. But people who go around??

After the crisis we are going to eat spaghetti in a beautiful restaurant overlooking the sea (but it's pitch dark and you can not see beyond the glass ...:)) .. and then we take the train to Adelaide. Will that
chocolate drink before the spaghetti to the fish slowed digestion (otherwise it would be strange) but just touch the seat collapses ready to sleep!

July 22, 2006 - Kangaroo Island (Seal Bay)

Let's go to Kangaroo Island!
There are two ways to reach it (unless you have already rented the car along the coast):
1 - Coach from Adelaide / Cape Jervis / r AUD 40 per person (2 hours and 15 minutes) +
ferry from Cape Jervis / Penneshaw rtn AUD 74 per person (30 minutes)

2 - With the plane of the Regional Express takes 35 minutes and costs per person round trip AUD 126! If you opt for this choice, remember that one of the few cases where it is allowed to ship up to 15kg of baggage.

arrived on the island we rented a 4x4 car recommended considering the state of the roads.
The mileage is limited to 100Km per day and the cost of those made in + is 0.25 aud each. We'll get off
exceed only 48Km from the 300 provided for 3 days.
To drive here, you must have an international driving license. The maximum that is 3 years but if your Italian license has an expiration date then the one nearest you as a reference. My expires in November and would be better to renew it before you do that ... international

It 's the first time we drive on the left but the automatic transmission is much help .. at least I am told Sara and Danny because I will be scarrozza both here and in Central Australia, and get hold of the steering wheel only in the last two weeks on the coast)

Among heavy braking (given the super sensitive compared to brakes on cars we are used), and wipers made by mistake instead of arrows to shoot (the arrows are right here!), we reach our beautiful cottage. All in warm wood and comfortable, very spacious with a fireplace and including us ... we would spend even more than the expected three days.

The first day we decided to make the trip to Seal Bay to see the sea lions. E 'can make the trip only if accompanied by a guide but is not required minimum number of participants.
accompany you on the beach a few meters from the sea lions and dwells in detailed explanations. A habit of all Australians ... never heard so much! Well usually the guides should also breathe and take a few minutes of silence ... well almost never happens here not!
My cold, which started in Sydney has dramatically worsened in the meantime .. but the upside is that I do not feel the slightest smell of the sea lions that are within walking distance. By dint of
sneeze I stuck some seeds of them and I did start an epidemic on the island?? Let's hope not ... but above all I hope not to attack the influence also to Sara and Danny!
Before returning to the cottage we stay in the only shop in the neighborhood to shop. Tonight, spaghetti with tuna
... Before dinner, however, fall down from his sleep and we fall asleep on the couch ... just a pretty picture.
In this cottage so cozy, comfortable lying on this couch under the blanket like I even have a fever ...

July 23, 2006 - Kangaroo Island (Admiral Arch and Remarkable Rocks)

What's better than waking up in the morning and prepare a good Cake Pan Australian in style? Well there is better prepared with the right pan! Sara is very excited about this ... at least until breakfast time when we realize that you can not remove the pan from the cake pan (but give in included a non-stick is not it?), And so after burning the first part of our pan cake we can remove it from the pot by making a considerable pressure with the blade ... but since plastic melts .. so we did that out too .. : D Done
run in the other pan cake does not come out too bad ... and the smell has also inviting all to gather around the many small cottages Wallaby (two of them continue to argue that this was kangaroos ... but it's just a detail).
After a careful book of photos with these animals around the island ... we are ready to

Shows natural and Admiral Arch (natural colonies of sea lions) is the Remarkable Rocks overlooking the ocean.
course despite the many beaches, swimming here is not permitted for the risk of shark attacks (but to be honest, I'm cool with those who would want to dive?).

Today we go home soon.
not advise anyone to drive in the dark here ... most of the animals it comes out at dusk and the investment risk is really high!
the evening we opt for a quick toast and find that supplied the toaster is not the classic toasted sandwiches but just to toast each slice of bread for breakfast! But with a little 'insistence of and near to the maximum we were able to prepare three delicious flattened and burnt toast! :)
After dinner, while I was smoking, in the quiet of the porch in the dark and in the vegetation, I found a few feet away, two enormous glowing eyes ... that scared the hell! He was a wounded possum!
here is strictly forbidden to feed any animal .. so we simply observe it until it goes away in the trees.

July 24, 2006 - Adelaide

During the small shift towards Kingscote (where he will resume the trip to Adelaide) we stop in one of many beekeepers on the island where they sell all products made of course.
Bees island descended from a hive imported from Liguria to the end of 1800 ... since then the island is forbidden to introduce other bees ... in short, is a paradox, but we end up in Australia buy honey produced by Italian bees. In the afternoon

distributed by Adelaide ... fast spending at the supermarket and spend the night in ns. apartment.
If you are looking for accommodation around 25/30 € per person you recommend the flats .. the price is identical to that of hotel rooms and they also rent single night. They are usually equipped with a large open plan living room and kitchen .. so you can save on dinners;) and in principle you can use a washing machine and dryer!

July 25, 2006 - Alice Springs

In the morning we fly to Alice Springs. It's like arriving in a different country! A journey within a journey ...
Here to rent a car but we trust that unlike the Avis Hertz gives us unlimited mileage .. in these vast expanses of nothing you can do differently.

Alice Springs is a nice town but where it can do an afternoon of wandering .. We expect several more stores Aboriginal art ... but even here we can indulge in shopping.


The downside is the hotel (Desert Rose Inn) that we looked so cute from the site but in reality there has disappointed a lot. The nights are really cold and the heating fan is so noisy that it is impossible to keep it burning all night ... so the next morning we get up all frozen! Thank goodness that aspirin blocked the influence ... but that suffering!

July 26, 2006 - Kings Canyon

The goal now is the Kings Canyon ... and for the happiness of Dany, Sara and I will spend all the time in the car singing out loud:)
hours spent driving in the bush (for me one of the great symbols of Australia) on straight roads asphalt and desert in the middle of nowhere.
All around just endless stretches of red sand and small bushes that always seem on the verge of catching on fire .... And an indescribable feeling of tranquility, well-being.
When I go back to Italy, in my days no, that's where I'll fly with the fantasy that feeling of trying to find balance when you know you already have everything you need.
The same feeling I have here now, in this car, while traveling to Australia, when you're in a hurry to reach the goal because you are already satisfied by the journey itself and when you look at the side and realize they are sharing that magic moment with best companions you could choose.
But before you end up sad and pathetic tones back to the story ...;)

Every now and then appear out of thin small oasis equipped with a dining table, a bench, the inevitable barbecue and nothing more.
Here the barbie is just an institution and there is even in the parks or to the side of the hotel pools! You can also toast the bread or just an ear. But more than the convenience of cooking anywhere, is a way of life. It is, in short, an excuse to stay with friends outdoors.
Once at Kings canyon walk a little way on foot
... I love these red rocks and polished so so as to be completely smooth by the wind ... even if my phobia will be taken around the rest of the holiday!
The sunset view from the vantage point we decide to place just outside the resort where we stay the night ..

July 27, 2006 - Ayers Rock (the Olgas)

We put ourselves back in the car to get to Ayers Rock ... once again surrounded only by the Bush administration and its various shades of color. The only bitterness
damage the numerous bodies of kangaroos at the side of roads. We have crossed all times during all trips in the car, but also here in Kangaroo Island and the coast). We fortunately never having driven after sunset we run the risk of investing ...

At the resort we decided to go first to visit the Olgas to spend the whole day tomorrow at Uluru in Aboriginal language ... that should be read with the accent on the U ... strange no?
The park entrance is 25 aud and is valid for three days.
We decide to walk the short route of the proposed two .. The Gorge Walk Walp .. more or less an hour round trip and stopped in the middle surrounded by the rocks round to admire the spectacle. Dany
Back at the hotel decided to exploit the beautiful resort pool while we relax in the room!

July 28, 2006 - Ayers Rock

We woke up too late! And so we have not had time to watch the sunrise. Set your alarm early tomorrow ... we can not leave without tasting this show!
We decide to visit Ayers Rock.

asked several times if I had to climb Uluru against the wishes of Aboriginal people it was worth it .. but soon I found myself in front of the path fraught with doubt and without any protection is gone .. Long live the sincerity! In addition, access was denied because the strong winds.

We opt for the longer route around the monolith. More or less 10 km!
But how does one have come this far and did not want to see every facet? The walk is
lasted a few hours (at least 3H) .. and I recommend it.
Back at the starting point and after a while 'relaxing on a bench we went to the heart of Aboriginal culture (usually recommended to visit it before ...). For me it is quite disappointing, should be introduced to the thought and philosophy of the aborigines .. shame that everything is projected on video and Aborigines in the flesh even the shadow. So it is a stage that if you want you can skip.
The tour is over ... when we return in the evening to watch the sunset.

July 29, 2006 - Brisbane

wrong to my traveling companions decided alarm times for different depending on the speed in preparing for the ... and so I have to wake up at 5:30 ... twenty minutes later, while Sara will be the turn of the lucky Dany will be granted the awakening at 6:00! All
is hard to find that the sunrise was at 7:00 today !!!!! Heck we have frozen out there!
Not even a blanket carried by Dany to repair a bit 'more is served (one of the few niceties that made it to him .. but know you well;))
After 40 minutes of ice began to gather a small crowd of spectators (very harnessed less of us and a lot less chilly ... but anyway how the hell do they do?). The
ns. heel elevator is not rewarded ... the colors of the sky blend of beautiful colors that we expect and we are confident that we are in the clear days ..
lay down again a bit 'before driving towards the airport for the connecting flight to Alice Springs to Brisbane and the next.
I was worried at first the idea that there was a small flight baggage allowance of a few pounds ... but fortunately we discover that all flights in Australia as the ceilings are really high compared to European royalty. 32kg for baggage and 7 for the hand. Amazing!

In the afternoon we arrive in Brisbane and the retreat from Italy with Hertz rental car. Given the planned 17 days of hire, we prefer to pay the cost of insurance add (without the slightest blow to this body would be charged for 2500AUD irrespective of the damage.)
From now on we do not have hotel rooms booked from Italy ... and so we begin to turn around the city looking for a hotel. But what seemed obvious to us (in travel bookings for the past rarely had to sleep and never had trouble finding them locally) has been a big problem. In town there is a great football event and all the structures in Brisbane are NO VACANCY!
After hours of ups and downs of the car and despite the help of the lovely lady's Shandon Inn of the Year (B & B very characteristic that you should) we are in pieces and somewhat 'pessimistic about what to do.
start calling the hotels listed on the rails ... and there's eye falls on a Lonely Motel that describes particularly well. The problem is that it is in Surfers Paradise .. that seems far away. But Dany reassured by claims that certain tone that is only 20 km away we book them.
The truth is that we shoot more than 70 km drive to the south (the ns. Route was north to Cairns) and we find ourselves in a composting dirty and not at all comfortable (The Lonely this time was wrong bad!)
But at least we made a bit 'in the main streets of Surfers Paradise which is recognized as the entertainment capital of Queensland (not that it is our kind of destination for a night but that's okay).
Fortunately back in the motel are tired and we fall asleep right away.

July 30, 2006 - Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and Hervey Bay

Sara has heard of a beautiful natural park, close to Brisbane (where we were yesterday) that seems to really be worth to be seen .. the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. After
already booked two nights later in a B & B we can afford to stand quietly for a stroll, and so walk the streets the night before and after more than two hours (we could not find the right way) we arrive at ns. goal.
Spectacular! The park is huge and the opportunity to stay in close contact with kangaroos hopping all around us .. or better than jump walking weary! Visitors are allowed to feed them (of course the food is just for them and sold inside the park) and so these animals if they are quiet to eat and sleep all day ...

Sara and I pay the absurdity of 15 AUD for us to take a picture with the koala in her arms. The photo you pay expensive but you can take as many photos as you want with your machine. Among other things, I lose my prepaid ticket ... and almost risk of not being able to make me do ... the same old! :) Let

for the first time the animal's favorite Dany: the Wombat.
Actually we do a little 'impression ... it is a marsupial such as koalas and kangaroos, but there seems to be so sweet. Mah's taste!
Sorry can not see the Tasmanian Devil which tell us is dead .. that bad luck! : §
But I want to see the true and only Red Kangaroo ... he is the king of the marsupials!
So I repeat again around the park to see him and once again I must be bad! The Red Kangaroo is bound by a cage separate from the rest of the small kangaroos that I mentioned before, is there in panciolle and none of it to stand up for himself gazing into his size from culture ... does not give us their satisfaction !!!!! Patience ... we have to go now.
We expect several miles before arriving in Hervey Bay.

The town is quiet and nice ... but it is looking at the B & B booked that we remain open-mouthed. I think it's the best place we've been. Managed by a couple of other very reserved and very kind that made us feel instantly at home. And what a show home! A little 'those dreams ... with every detail taken care of. The place is called Bay B & B (also recommended by Lonely).

July 31, 2006 - Fraser Island

Through the B & B we booked the excursion today to Fraser Island.
The bus comes to pick us right in front of home at about 8:00 in the morning to accompany us to the port.
We'll find another, this time 4WD, fresh off the boat to Fraser Island.
Sull''isola there are no paved roads and the trail is almost swallowed up by the branches of trees that form the lush rainforest. I could hardly move on with the bus and when we meet in the other direction of the jeep, latter are forced to slip sideways between the trunk and the other for cederci pace. Throughout the course
ns. zealous guide elaborates on the detailed explanations of everything that surrounds us ... (we are only in the early hours of travel and this thing did not seem so bad ...).
The most beautiful part of the bus trip will, however, along the eastern shore ... particular to the fact that I had never gone with half 4WD on the sand.
... The sea is beautiful but not swim because of sharks ...

The first stop (we are told will be 15 minutes) is next to the wreck of the ship Maheno and a few meters from the rocks made of sand ... very special.

The second stop will be 40 minutes instead of near Eli Creek, a stream of fresh water leading down to the beach. But as is done in such a short time to be able to lie down a bit 'to relax? In less
no time so we are still on the coach to retrace the path immersed in the forest ... and the leadership keeps talking and talking non-stop ... but when he breathes? To us the headache is coming .. and then it will still have to say? These things we told her during the journey ... okay to be diligent in their work .. but it seems to us exaggerated.
After a brief stop for lunch and off again towards the marina at all sincerely applaud the guide (we think the applause is due to the fact that last no longer hearing her voice ...;))
Ultimately, Fraiser Island deserves to be seen if you have one or two days on their hands but if you chose to do it 1 day organized tour with as ns. be prepared to spend € 80 each to pass almost all the time in minutes counted bus and have to enjoy the beauty of the place.

the evening we are looking for an internet café to book two nights later at Heron Island. The only resort on the island coast aud 212.00 per night per person while the ferry 100aud way ... total for two nights and then transfer 624Aud more per person (€ 376.00)

August 1, 2006 - Heron Island

Given the miles do not miss the ferry booked this morning, the early rising not only affects us but also the renunciation of the wonderful breakfast that we would prepare the ns. landlady ...
Patience .. finally start to enjoy a little 'sea!!
arrive in Gladstone with an hour ahead of the ferry ..

Heron Island is really beautiful ... crystal clear sea, small and harmless sharks that swim to the shore (but of which I am afraid the same:)) and white sandy beaches that because of the low tide exposing part of the reef.
last two days of relaxation!

August 2, 2006 - Heron Island

is perhaps not just two days of relaxation .. as we finish this morning on board valuable Dany, in Shark Bay ... which is beautiful here but pulls like a bora wind, which is equivalent to a chilly like me a tragedy.
short, while Sara is sitting on the shore with the feet wet (and shudder) and Dany dives to take a bath, I stay sull'asciugamano covered with all that I can pull out of the bag. This is not relaxing! ;)
decide then, a little 'for my well-being and a bit' not to feel regret for the rest of the day, to move alongside the beach and .... miracle! It seems to be on another island. No wind and a beautiful sun slowly warms my bones. Now that you're right!

the evening buffet at the mega resort. We feel a bit 'of everything from kangaroo meat to raw fish ... and as always fills most of the pot and then had to waste a lot of stuff that we do not like!
Not to get straight back in the room decide to play a game of billiards. The Australians seem to all experts in this game while I, having never picked up the cue, I just try to aim the ball.
almost a shame that risk to gouge an eye on poor Sara who was at the side of the table ... but I was warned to be dangerous.

August 3, 2006 - Rockhampton

spent all morning at the beach hoping for a few hours the clouds do not reach to cover the sun.
After lunch we reach the boat and returned to Gladstone to Rockhampton are ready to go. In the evening we see the
made a big mistake to follow blindly the advice of the Lonely, which described the "Criterion Hotel" where you are staying in this way: "Designed as an exclusive hotel and built with quality materials, Criterion is the most elegant hotels do many renowned. It offers rooms full of atmosphere. "
But what atmosphere?? The shower is placed next to the bed surrounded by carpets rotted because of water ... and the precious material is likely to break it just touches .. in short, to go out on the balcony there was the possibility that there remain in the hands of the door window! Sara and I
usufruiamo the pub on the ground floor of the bathroom (clean and fragrant) to freshen up a bit '....

August 4, 2006 - Great Keppel

Not finding a sink worthy of the name where brush our teeth and having a little 'sick of the bad state in which they are kept in the bathrooms of the hotel, me and Sara go down today in the toilets of the pub ... so it's early and it's still empty)
Today we're going to Great Keppel, where to stay for one night.
If you have not read anywhere, it is very unwise to go on this island with the usual heavy and overflowing suitcases on wheels. In short, like mine! ;)
It landed directly on the beach where it is already difficult to walk normally, but imagine having to carry 20 kg of luggage;)

This time the island is a show .. completely surrounded by white sand beaches where you can make even semi-desert excursion on a camel at sunset. Small birds are
problem ... actually a bit intrusive 'across Australia but here the film becomes even Hithcok!
burger and fries for lunch ... and we begin to find ourselves surrounded by colorful parrots .. but just as I am about to bite into my burger I see a bird that looks so disturbing to me and leave me with no time to react to me in full speed and slingshot against him before he bites me a sandwich! Result
a bit 'before you start to eat again Dany and in the meantime, just to play down, take the burgers and rises to the top. And now the same bird sling him back to us. But now we're prepared and we lie on the bench instinctively dodging.
After that I stop laughing and willingly surrender their lunch ...

August 5, 2006 - Rockhampton

Today is the last day in the life of Danny ... that will leave tonight by coach to reach Townsville and embark on the first of four flights that ahead. The moments of melancholy who in recent days began to be created today seem to spend more.
spend all day at Great Keppel and late afternoon we return to Rockhampton. This
Once we find a great hotel: the "Motel 98". Entertainment! Too bad it does not even booked two days ago!
assist preparations for the departure of Danny is really bad ... but he keeps saying not to sad faces and mica that goes to war disguised ... so a little 'mood and expect to be able to accompany the bus station ... I think
Poki had a farewell like ours, worthy of the best movies ... with a lot of scenes with Sara that clings to the leg to not make it go away and then waving handkerchiefs to greet the bus and slowly goes away!
But when the bus rounds the corner and he no longer sees I do what I knew would give him trouble .. ... or cry:) Sara
already expecting it .. are precisely predictable .. or maybe I know too well;)

She made time for dinner and try to go out to eat at Ascot Hotel where they know they do excellent meat that you cook at your leisure on soapstone.
When finally we need, we find ourselves in front of more than half a kilo of meat per person! From sick to the quantity but good!! ;)

August 6, 2006 - Arlie Beach

Today we expect the first long journey to get closer to Cairns where it will end on ns. travel.
The line is from Rockhampton to Arlie Beach.
We arrive early afternoon in a beautiful town on the sea packed with delightful shops ... you light up your eyes!
Before you start to shop, we stop at a travel agency to book the excursion at Whitsanday for the next two days.
The guy who works there is a type quite funny because of too many people coming, panics at the point of answering the phone, hold the person and forget it! Mitton, our Mr Bean! :) Now
finished the practical part we help eachother with enthusiasm and credit card and get in the shops of the long main street ... but nothing! Nothing distinctive or cute or worth the buy as a memento of this fantastic travel ... it is not possible! We give evidence only after the second time retraced the path back to the hotel, tired and fall down dead asleep from 17 to 21 even bet the alarm has moved from the bed first!

We go out to eat and after preparing the bag to take Whitsanday (here we will leave heavy luggage in the hotel) we go back to bed.

August 7, 2006 - Whitsanday

leave the car in a car park opposite the port of Shute Harbour to Hamilton Island and we board.

After checking in at the hotel, we lie to get a little 'sunshine. Unfortunately, even if the temperature can be in costume, not even today able to enter the water. The ocean is really cold and if we consider that it is winter here and we can not mute the company is really hard!

Towards the sunset time, we realize that we are surrounded by so many kangaroos hopping along the beach. We got up to take some pictures and was shocked to see that even in front of the rooms from the resort is full .. In short here have nothing to fear man and it's nice to see them again so close.

August 8, 2006 - Beach Whiteheaven

Today, we organized an excursion to what is considered the most beautiful beach of Whitsanday .. or Whiteheaven Beach. We spend almost all day on the boat to move and the obligatory steps you are doing on other islands. But the spectacle that we present offset flapping!

Whiteheaven beach is a long spit of white sand and pristine (the island is not inhabited, we can not stay and the only way to see her are like our excursions.).
So there's not much to tell ... just sand, sea and anything ... practically a paradise:)
Today the sky is half covered with clouds, blacks and the other half is a clear blue. So taking pictures from both directions seems to be simultaneously in two different places ..
Hopefully the wind carry away the clouds ... and blacks are really a sign of storm!

Towards evening we return to the port of Arlie Beach where she awaits the first setback of the holiday. The car will not start!
Indeed, not just signs of life, not even a little rumble of the engine. We realize there
forget documents of Hertz in the luggage left in the hotel ... and then be without a phone number to call for assistance.
The custodian of the parking lot trying to jump-start attaching wires to the battery but does not conclude anything. Boy, was bound to happen now that we are left alone?
decide to take the bus to the country (which is 10Km) and enter an office Herzt to ask for help.
We are told that someone will send us aid, but only that one of us will go with him to return to the car.
the end comes a couple of guys on a truck-looking and so very soothing, and I'm going with them to see what happened to the car, you go back to the hotel with luggage.
Conclusion: The machine immediately put in motion with the cables to the battery (the custodian of the first shows that knew how to use them !!!!) and anxiously ask naively if the car could still leave on foot ... the answer is spontaneous was: If you leave the lights still turned on two days!
Heck all this for a little distraction .. but at least you have fixed everything;)

Even today it's over ... and we lie in bed destroyed.
As I relax I read all the brochures left in the room and make myself intrigued by the publicity of a shop specializing in the production of Didgeridoo ...
The only models that were liked were in Sydney ... and disappointed that we had not even found in Central Australia of beautiful we decided that the return journey, during the many hours of waiting at the airport, we would be back in central Sydney to buy it ...
tomorrow morning before leaving we must necessarily stop to see if the store is so much of the leaflet provided .

August 9, 2006 - Arlie Beach - Mission Beach

At 8:30 we are already waiting in front of the store to open ... and peeked inside and attached to the glass, we read on a sign here that the Didgeridoo are painted according to the requests of each depicting a maximum of 5 subjects to be chosen to reflect the experiences made during their trip ... This thing we like! But when it opens??
While we wait we decided to call to book the night Undaria ... must be a unique experience to stay immersed in nature on a historical train wagons resigned and has been specially renovated for overnight. And then we'd also visit the famous conducted Lava that are nearby.

The shop only opens at 9:30 but the wait will be rewarded. The owner shows us a wide choice of woods located behind the store and helps us to make the design according to our preferences ... In the end neither bought 4!
wonder how come out ... the only bad thing is that in fact the drawings we saw them scattered on the ready-made templates that were in the shop but the work will be finished somehow.
The cost varies a lot depending on size and type of design, cmq a large model for the figure is at least € 260 including shipping in Italy. (If you just want a memory can find even simple + deals from 60 € + shipping).

Before leaving the Aboriginal then we paint them, gives us a mini lesson on how to play them ... and how many laughs! Sara and I not only fail to deliver a sound that remotely comes close to the original but we end up totally knackered from the effort. And then with all the wax around the lips seems to be the beautician for waxing! : D Do we have to refine the technique ... but how many laughs!

We leave the shop that are past the 11 (but spesona took time) and boarded the car ready for the long journey that lies ahead for Undaria (at least 7 hours).
The surprise comes when, after 5 hours we arrive at Ingham and stopping to ask for information on the way forward for Undaria, we discover that what we thought of doing is unpaved and is therefore not feasible with ns. Corolla. To get to
Undaria following the recommended route, hours are missing 7 !!!!! Cavolooooo!! Now what? Know we can not shoot 12 hours in a row of car driving even at night!
We must give up and try on the way to Cairns where to stay somewhere. What a disappointment!!
We end up in Mission Beach ... the first thing that puzzles us is the latte-colored sea ... where is the crystal clear water we could find on the rest of the coast?? Well no matter .. here we just have to spend the night.

We are dead tired and wanted to find a room we did not, so we sneak in the first place that we find is a hostel. 22 AUD per head we won a tiny room that had it not colored blue for the walls would be equal to a cell in Rebibbia! ;)

August 10, 2006 - Cairns

We wake up early (not that we slept crabs because of the fear of insects) and head straight for Cairns. To me after an hour's drive starts going down the eyelid and then we stop for a "healthy" breakfast at Mc Donald's Cafe. Marsh Mallow muffins and chocolate! If there came the acetone during these holidays there will be more ...;)
But I can not recover, and so sets off to help Sara ... I hope to help with the maps to search for hotels !!!!!
The search is more difficult than expected .. we can not find a hotel room anywhere because of some meetings that are taking place in the city ... and so after 2 hours of research we booked two nights in one place and the remaining two missing at the end of the holiday in another !
In the afternoon we take a stroll around the city and Alleluia! We found the paradise for shopping !!!!! For now ... we buy anything or sea excursions non-stop ... and there seems to be increasingly true of bags full in my hands! Finished
to spend money, collapsed again to the tired and so we return to the hotel.

August 11, 2006 - Green Island

Today we make the trip to Green Island with a tour organized by one day (€ 38.00 per person including: ferry, lunch and a choice of a ride on glass-bottomed boat to see the barrier or the equipment for snorkeling).
The "spectacle" that sorbate boat I assure you that is worthy of a film (I can not choose whether comic or dramatic).
After only 30 minutes by boat (calm sea) we find that, except a dozen people, the whole boat suffers from seasickness. We look around and see only dead bodies bend repeatedly faces towards the sick bag. We spend
astonished amazement at the real shit, until you get to be hysterical laughter (we imagined the scene of the ride of the movie "Dennis" ... do you remember?)
So it was absurd! A whole boat in calm waters into a frenzy!

finally landed at Green Island ... the reef here is attached to the shore and we must necessarily go snorkeling!
Two days at the start and we do not want to return to Italy without having seen it.! Fantozzi to try to find the courage ... to plunge into the icy water. Once lost the feeling of the calf we advance to immerse the whole leg ... and now we're frozen half to how it's done? We can not even bathe her belly with hands ... never mind! Sara
do not know how you can dive in and start, trembling, to my courage to go ... but I'm about to go lie down on the beach.
Making it quick it took us 20 minutes to go in, we saw a bit 'of beautiful fish, but due to freezing after 15 minutes we gave up the business.
We spend the rest of the afternoon in the sun and prepare to embark again to return to Cairns. Hopefully there will be the same scenes of delirium of going !!!!!!!!!

August 12, 2006 - The Cairns

today's stage provides Palm Cove a few miles from Cairns. When we arrived we immediately fell in love
of beautiful houses along the avenue that runs along the sea and the air we breathe vacation here. Unfortunately it is too windy and the beach is microscopic at this time (certainly in the afternoon the sea would withdraw tens of meters) and then not being able to enjoy a bit 'of the sun as we hoped we decide to return to Cairns and spend day in Laguna.

For the people of Cairns to be a paradise here ... just the immense lagoon is surrounded by a large park and got there just follow the main road towards the sea, cross a road and lie down where you want! Free admission and as always available to cook barbecue, whatever you want whenever you want! Why do not you take us even these systems?

August 13, 2006 - Cairns

Write the last day is almost as difficult as the first ... we were hoping to catch the last sun and liven up a bit 'color does not yet fully tanned .. but the sky is overcast and waiting for it to free some 'we take it easy and at 11:30 we decided to go eat ...
However, the situation does not improve and even if armed with good will, let us lie down in the lagoon, every 10 minutes we are forced to stand up for shelter from the rain that comes and goes constantly.
After a while ', chilled and discouraged, we give up the evidence and decide to make a little' shop.
In the evening, it is the hard task of being able to close the pack! In a sad silence
completed final preparations and set your alarm at 3:30 am.

August 14, 2006

After leaving the car at the office have embarked Hetz and luggage (we will ship direct to Malpensa) to discuss how to organize the final round in Sydney where we will have a long stopover. At least
we still have the joy of seeing the Opera House and The Arbour Bridge!!

But after passing control to the metal detector we face the long line for the exit stamp in the passport ... how strange. To ask
security and we are told that, starting from here (international flights) in Sydney that is considered only a connection to the next flight and then not leave the airport. What
bitterness ... waiting to return to Sidney, where we saw a beautiful painting in hunting boomerang doth painting, we did not even consider buying a tourist. How do you return from a trip to Australia without a boomerang? (
disappointed and resigned bought it at the airport ... where not only the prices are higher but the selection is poor and models all ruined.
lucky that we did not wait to buy even the didgeridoo!

Sidney is wonderful ... even from the window of the salute sure that sooner or later we will return! Turn



Australia has not been an easy journey, but many coming together ... places, people, climates irreconcilable ...

always leads us in our hearts the emotions that has given us and I'm sure it will for you too!

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Orlando Florida travel story

Di Marco

After the vicissitudes last August we had promised to pull a bit 'from vacation in the U.S., a bit' to recharge a bit 'to avoid the mess caused by the stagnation of the tourist leave, but after five months since our last ontheroad is the desire of U.S. and 'and here we are made to feel' to tell this short break.
We left Milan on February 2, a quiet flight for the first 4 hours and then a strong turbulence took us to Miami, making dance for more than five hours. Hurry formalities 'd' input (recognize us now in Miami) we took the 'car booked from' Italy Enoleggioauto.it Company, a broker who offers really good prices, a full-size to 190 € x 7 days insurance included. We started
in Orlando to its' peak time finding a lot of traffic and queues to get out of Miami.
At 22 we arrived at 'Lakefront Ramada Inn, a few words about the accommodation, booked Venere.it large bedrooms, sweeping views of the lake and the Wet' n Wild tooboga free wireless connection.

Today we have the unpleasant surprise to see that and 'bad weather, intermittent drizzle and a very cold, we decided to also go to Universal Studios, remote terminal of the ticket to comfortable' Electronic Ticket where you are after you insert the card Credit used for the printed book tickets valid for 7 days and give you the opportunity to get to Universal Studios, Island of Adventure and Universal City Walk.
The first park offers the following attractions, we've all seen that people made to 'the park were really very few and the lines were non-existent, except as Jaws was closed for maintenance.
Shrek 4-DTM
Revenge of the MummySM
MEN IN BLACKTM Alien AttackTM
Terminator 2 ®: 3D
Back To The Future The Ride ®
ET Adventure ®
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon BlastTM
Animal Actors On Location! SM
Jaws ®
FEAR FACTOR LIVE
TWISTER ... Ride It Out ® Earthquake ®

Live Shows
Woody Woodpecker's Kidzone ®

for breakfast this morning on CNN transmitted the latest news on trumpet 's air that hit Lady Lake and looking out the weather did not promise anything good.
In late morning as the heavens opened we decided to go to Island of Adventure, but now a bitter cold has kept away tourists, the show was a walk in the park with very few people.
Even here 'we have done the major attractions, some very beautiful, some so-so:
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ®
Incredible Hulk Coaster ®
Doctor Doom's Fearfall ®
Storm Force Accelatron ®
NBC's iVillage Live
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges ®
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls ®
Jurassic Park River Adventure ®
Pteranodon Flyers ®
Dueling Dragons ®
The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad ®
Poseidon's Fury ®
The Cat In The Hatt
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ridet

this morning and 'appeared a pale sun, we decided to pull a bit' by parks and spend a day at 'open air, we headed towards the Sun, Sea & Space Coast practically near Cape Canaveral and Titusville, quick visit to the Kennedy Space Center (l' had already 'seen a few years ago') and then via 'to Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge is a beautiful natural oasis shame that the cold wind we had very limited.
In the evening dinner at a Ponderosa restaurant where stekhouse on less than $ 12 to eat a steak 12oz plus a large amount 'of food buffet.
Today 'turn the other two National Forest that we planned to visit, and finally' came out the sun and 'air begins to heat up. The first and
NF 'NF Blue Spring is a beautiful place and' free can see the manatees in the long trail of little more 'than a mile along the River. At lunch we decided
vost that was a few miles to go a bit 'in Daytona Beach, ritual and photos via the racing track on the beach with the' car ($ 5)
In the afternoon we made 'the other NF Wekiwa Spring State Park http://www.floridastateparks.org/wekiwasprings/ another truly magnificent place, silence, nature and large mirrors' s thermal water, definitely a place to return.

The next day we returned to our Studios usufrundo unlimited ticket but unfortunately the sun and the heat kicked off at that infernal mechanism called tourism, many people, files, and confusion, in fact to 'devote time for lunch we went out because the temperature was well above 80 F in the afternoon sun and swimming in the pool of 'hotel. Two notes about this hotel, Comfort Suites hotel in Kissimmee a superb clean, quiet, very nice too with free wireless connection in the room, a beautiful swimming pool and a comfortable Jacuzzi hot tub where we've been magnificence for most of the afternoon.
the evening along the 192 (West Irlo Bronson Hwy) and 'a succession of clubs, restaurants and shops open till late in the choice and' great, we opted for dinner at our always fond of Ponderosa Stekhouse. Last Day

Morning free for shopping at the Orlando Premium Outlet where I http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=17 plunder of Levi's 501 at $ 37 a pair, afternoon in the pool. We
, and '' s time to come back, we got greeted Kissimmee Florida Turnpike and less than 4 hours after we came to 'car (Dollar.com) returned the' car we went to 'airport and from there' via to Milan.
The flight 'was very quiet and fast, and even' lasted 2 hours and 40 unless all 'round.
We're back home already 'with the desire to return to the U.S. for our 12th trip, and the probable date' in October 2007 but who knows 'if the U.S. will be our desire to' hear before ...

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The mysterious charm of Mozambique

Dany & Diego Di

Alba.
What day is it today?
Where am I?
Moments of loss has now been implemented in Mozambique, in fact, not yet. We are still on the bus that
dell'Intercape from Nelspruit, where we have shipped last night, will take us across the border to Maputo Rossano Garcia precisely where we are now.
thousands of people around us who are waiting for the opening of the border which will take place at 6. Many have their cars overloaded with everything from mattresses in plastic chairs, from bicycles to bags packed with clothes.
wait. Finally
the "Stuart" tells us that the bus is now going down there and show you what we have to enter offices and in what order.
No problem, although we still faces full of sleep and the offices are crowded, we do not have any difficulty and make our bureaucracy smoothly (only pay 12 rand per person), because we did a visa to do ' Mozambican Embassy in Rome (spent 25 € per person for visa for more than € 8 P passports and photo).
E 'come forward to moving away and we do walk, the bus will be waiting in Mozambique a few hundred meters.
We get all six in front of the guards taking the first passport in hand, look at him, look at us and say, smiling, "Italy, compion du mundo!" And we will get to sing "little bit popopo population," and let us pass without almost do other checks ... but better than a saw!
At the bus we see that if we all went smoothly, unlike it was for our means of transport: a truck carrying wood did a reverse nerve and stuck in the windshield as big as a beam and a leg left impaled a large part in the crystal cracked ... day free air conditioning with driver's happiness!
finally go back to Maputo and repair.
It 's amazing, we covered just a few kilometers, but the view is diametrically opposite shacks made of sheet metal instead of laughing restaurants, marshes and weeds instead of manicured gardens, especially men on bicycles and on foot instead of workers on short pik-up ... Africa.
In a couple of hours we arrive at your destination, Maputo and we realize that although we do not see how Town-ship in South Africa, the periphery is very degraded and modern buildings in the center alternate with banks or offices in the colonial houses and tenements forfeited.
come to an end at 07:30, picking up your luggage and we look around for a moment, the atmosphere is there and new thrills.
We are immediately surrounded by people in exchange for very little money it takes to find accommodation for the night ..
A man shouts, "Fatima, Fatima!" ... And we follow up our hotel to the shuttle that will take us to finally do a nap.
Centrally located in MAPUTO - Mao Tse Tung Ave, 1317
email: fatimas@tvcabo.co.mz
Phone: +258 (0) 82 4145730 - +258 (0) 82 3070870 Fax: (+) 258 1300305
ns
The shuttle, however, is a tub in the small open at the back so that we charge "bag and baggage" on the box ... at least we do an overview of the city without a filter.
a motorbike at a traffic light alongside us and asks us where we go and we feel that we have a flat tire, we tell him we're going to Fatima but yes ... maybe you can find it!
And we get there. The trip lasts 15 'and have already realized that the world has changed: we laugh and we adapt.
From outside Fatima looks like a fortress with guard at the gate, barbed wire, guard dogs, electric gate and double gate, inside it seems my grandmother's house ... sofas broken, ashtrays made of seashells, a porch with a mini kitchen where everyone can do a tea, just wash the cup after it has used and general atmosphere very bohemian. It 's a great accommodation Peace and Love ...
hamming waiting for someone to make us see the rooms, finally comes a Jamaican-mozambique (only for rasta el'erbetta assume that you do not miss ever) that makes us choose between rooms with bathroom suite with 4 beds (225 rand) or with shared bathroom (180 rand) ... we choose the one with private bathroom and Raffa & Andrea B. , Jael & Andrew F. opt for the other.
took possession of the room a few minutes we hear a knock ... and Jael Andrea F. have not found the room to their liking (parure of bra and panties attached to the handle of the window) and decide to share a room ... (we hope honestly even save a few euro dividend) ... no problem, the room is small, the bathroom is microscopic, but only for one night!
shower and then on the track, ready to discover the face of this city.
We walk the streets in search of an ATM, a telephone and a video shop ... who knows if we will be pleased!
We find an ATM and withdraw Metical (1 € = ± 33 meticales) without problems.
a shopping mall and ask him to tell a twenty minute walk ... well on its way!
The streets are overflowing with people in every corner kiosks selling mandarins (which we will learn to know well) candy or cookies here and there on the sidewalk are exposed merchandise, from shoes to Batic, everything is not tourism.
One thing hits us, we are the only white, but here it seems that if you take care of anyone!
Under the building of the mall is crowded with souvenir sellers and all they call us, we roll look, aim, buen precio! As you would expect in any good African market from Tunis to Maputo.
entering the mall is another world!
Cleanliness, order and progress, the path of a country among the most devastated by the tunnel exit height differences between social and counterintuitive.
swan, but in fact there whim anyway, all too artificial. We go out and
now it's time for lunch.
Diego sighted vision with a ravenous restaurant across the square, "PIRATES"
It will eat fish, we hope!
The menu is very appealing especially for the prices that have nothing to do with South Africa (let alone with Italy), but we discover to be higher than the prices Mozambicans in general (we pay 27, 6 € per couple).
eat from being sick and all very good.
fall within the mall to call Delito, our friend of friends of friends known from Maputo to Cape Town where he was on vacation. The evening
Delito comes to pick us and brings us to his house, introduces us to his family and friends.
The atmosphere is surreal, there seems to always know , let's talk a bit 'in English a bit' in a Portuguese imaginative improvised by Diego and Raffaella.
We eat dinner together a simple but tasty and we do explain some of this mysterious country where there are no tour guides or other tips and where we dive, we have almost no idea about what we found.
The situation in some areas is really dramatic, but the sea that we will, we should not be surprised, nor of diseases (malaria etc.). It's the other kind.
Delito also gives us the number of some of his friends in Tofo (ns the first stage) and Vilanculos (the other step) to get support if we had need or just to have tips on where to sleep.
They are truly a fantastic family, spent the war but have a wonderful sweetness and a kindness!
Ten minutes before we were strangers and now we are a family ..
Their love will remain forever in the heart, making us want to embrace them in the future ...
Fatima returned from making arrangements for the bus at 5 o'clock in the morning will take us towards Tofo. ... The type involved in the management of the Back pakers test to be clever by making us pay for the room 4 bed 225 rand per couple ... tot.450r
Then a little 'we worry ... we are deprived of privacy and freedom to pay more than we if we had been spent in each room ... Something does not come back!! We make kindly note that the price list says a room behind him by 4 = 345rand he says it is wrong ... we do not want to have problems, we still have to spend the night and suffer and pay in the room .. but I promise all the publicity on the internet can be ... more negative
Rise early and find an envelope slipped under the door with a message of apology to 105 rand and we are returned: apologizes and gives us back the money??
What happened?
Our assumptions are in fact two three ... 1) the Italian girl who has just moved his bags in the room kind of put us in a good word ...
2) Andrea B that was the last of us to talk to him to say the magic phrase that has touched his heart ..
3) one of us seeing our mood a little 'black simulated has everything to make us happy ...
Truth is not the conclusion we will never know ...
Fatima is my opinion: Find alternative ... and there certainly are not the only ones in the area ..
Cleaning is just reduced to a minimum and even less in the bathroom. ... And then clarified always write the whole thing and maybe let agreed to avoid any future misunderstandings ...
This applies worldwide.

WEDNESDAY '16/08/2006

At 04:30 there are two taxi 300metical waiting for us, lead us into what they call the station but it's just a shed outside, behind a shed ...
Once again we are approached in turn by local
... We are a bit 'suspicious and prejudiced, in the end we understand who just want to make some money or help ..
We are told that the bus will leave at 5 but not at 6 days in the future ... We will learn the Mozambican peace. At 6
open, using the imagination, a sort of ticket .. We pay 640 meters to 50 meters of torque with luggage ..
The station is the bus that Oliveras from afar looks like a nice bus, more than decent, but then you get closer you see it in its entirety and will you ask, because you love to travel with the local media.
The bus has at least 20 years and is experienced, very experienced ..
Just before leaving the station was filled with all sorts of vendors, from water, bread, mandarin oranges, toothpaste, hot soups, etc. ..
women are beautiful in their colors, their children wrapped behind his back .. A
those wonderful children who will certainly be many things the kids western, but he still got some contact ... They have the best mother's love without knowing it ..
are tossed up and down every time their mother bends down, moves and they laugh with no problem ... luckily not
Oliveras III & IV, we have about three places for people and travel
comfortable ... The roads are often unpaved, potholed are .. through all the villages.
There is not much in areas where the bus stops and we are literally surrounded by women with their babies on their backs and baskets on their heads full of tangerines, bananas, etc. ... or kids selling cookies, soft drinks and dried fruit ..
Since the journey is long we take advantage of this "shop on wheels
Since the trips are on average throughout the day is likely to prove necessary to use the bathroom ... but I will not dwell too much on description. How
council look all the time to be constipated and a sheltered place to pee is enough ..
The bathroom is a dark room lit only by a window where you remove all their waste which are deposited where they stop because there is no water to pull ... the rest I leave to your imagination ..
But one thing I want to clarify: I am not sure that these small inconveniences stop me or make me run away from a country ... We need to be adaptable to want to dive into their world ... ... and I would do it all that made this trip ..
around 16:00 We arrive in Inhambane, where he will take a Chiapas to Tofo.
reclaim the backpacks that have meanwhile been transformed to resemble bags of dusty, red sticky and saw the bags of potatoes and every possible thing they have come in contact plus the bus is full of cracks, the poor roads of red coated them
... We are literally assaulted by hordes of boys and taxi driver who once again want to ... accompany the majority of Fatima by fatima cries! (I say no thanks!)
PRAIA DO Tofo, Inhambane - Mozambique
Tel +258 (0) 82 4145730 and +258 (0) 82 3070870 Fax: (+) 258
1 300305 Email: fatimas@tvcabo.co.mz
We are determined to have a better location, we play the card "Delito friend would phone and ten minutes later we Nimberto his knowledge ..
knows the place and knows who to ask .. We are accompanied in Tofo
with its off-road full of our backpacks and four of us follow him on Chiapas ..
At 17:30 we're on the beach!
There seems now a very quiet, no one is upset or agitated when we arrived .. How
Tofo describe: imagine an inverted "T", where you come from the main road with the road of sand are the shacks that serve as shops, on the one hand there is also a market with fruits and vegetables and a little more forward there is a market of local crafts.
Tofo is composed of a long beach and relaxing beachside resort as there are 2-3 that certainly makes it more in the name that in real life .. and then there are individual boxes, we can even call them houses for their standard,
are very simple, basic but ok!
Nimberto there is accommodation in one of the houses near the beach, the date on management DONA MARIA and her husband.
The house has a huge living room with open kitchen with all utensils, fridge and freezer, two bedrooms and bathroom ..
in the little courtyard in front of a house porch with wicker chairs and a lawn behind the house with lots of wire for hanging out and BBQ ..
We will use everything!
Since there are only two rooms & Jael Andrea sacrifice themselves very generously in the living room and sleep on a mattress on the floor throughout time ..
The house is basic but clean.
After a nice and refreshing hot shower (no hot shower just by law has the resistance to heat water inside the shower head ...) we are looking for something to eat ... A little further on there CASA BARRY

http: / / www.casabarry.com/

A small resort full of everything and will be our point of reference with regard to food. We dine on the terrace of his restaurant: good food and abundant, not very cheap prices normal (eating a tot pay 450 rand tot: 17, 6 € per couple).


THURSDAY 17/08/2006

Day devoted to relaxation, we recover energy from the beginning of the holiday we always dawn or earlier to get things done, although I must confess that, on average, then at 22:00 we were all fired and went to bed, sleep with a good read, do not sleep that never was late in coming.
We wake up at nine and go to breakfast at Casa Barry, there are very good breakfast with a good variety of choice in European prices (10 € per couple).
We focus then diving in search of since the days following are devoted to diving. Within Barry
house there is a Padi 5 star diving


Tofo SCUBA tel: +258 (0) 232 9030 cell: +258 (0) 828
26014 email: tofoscuba@teledata.mz - www.tofoscuba.com


There is a very good impression, then just down the street on the other hand, there is another diving: it looks equally good, the prices are similar but House Barry inspires more confidence and is really a short walk from our apartment!
return is booked for tomorrow at 10:30 snorkeling safari to see the whale shark (250 rand per person € 29) then at 13:30 we have the first dive (cost about 40 € immersion) is booked for the eight days of the next 2 to MANTA REEF to 30 meters deep to see the manta rays that are made clean by the fish workers to wash ... like washing car.
For the 2nd dive since we are all open except Raffa need to do an exam and pay 40 rand for the examination and another 40 for the fuel surcharge, because the place is a bit 'farther. Meanwhile, we reserve

then we'll see ... The most important thing is done, now we can relax, do laundry and get organized for dinner we decided to cook fish at home, saving money and eating more.
Diego is able to buy 4 kilograms of shrimp from local fishermen at a price of 300 meters about 10 tot € price ... but Italian and then we are sure that they are fresh ..
buy tomatoes for the sauce, pineapple, papaya, beer, etc. ... and it is out an excellent dinner and already think that tomorrow night ...
We decided to reciprocate the help given by Nimberto inviting him and his wife to dinner ...


FRIDAY 'We are loads
18/08/2006

and excited to add all of the animals seen so far ... even marine
Barry Breakfast at home ... .. I have a call made from yogurt and PADI Muesly, excellent and energizing ..
At 9:30 we are diving to attend to all practices and complete the forms and find the diving equipment ..
are a good team and everything goes quickly.
At 10:30 we leave.
First need to push into the sea (and I mean when I write push push) the boat stranded on the sand, making you help by reflux of the wave. Everyone has to push
following the technique already proven diving.
It 's a bit funny!
Once at sea the boat was launched at full speed or nearly .. in some cases literally on the cheap 'water with their jumps and landings that follow ..
I do not love Ben, I do not like the rides and I do not enjoy it at all ... they are the only pizza company ... everyone else is enjoying a lot.
Even my stomach does not appreciate and begin to report its presence .. What is
snorkeling safari? If
I had known I would not have done ....
You go around looking shark is also the little man on the tower to facilitate sighting and once located the girl in the diving (in this case, Tania) yells, "Now!"
All are thrown into the water frantically heading towards the place where he was seen ... there is a little problem: the animal does not stand still and do not wait, then a score that we do are just some of the fastest .. and those with less
I think ... I admit are scary, I have my technique to get off the boat, I'm afraid of the beasts of the deep and bad ... and I just jot down the first time, I am a beautiful jellyfish before ... the world stops at that moment!
Now my goal is not to see any more sharks but avoid the jellyfish!
Everything is very hectic ... 3-4 minutes .. you're rushing to search for the whale shark and then go up again, the boat moves and everything is repeated .. There
thrown back but me and Diego are moving too slowly and then go on to the idea of \u200b\u200ba shark 6, 7 meters, even if a little harmless' blocks us .. The third possibility
Diego and I have already given up, I have the stomach upside down and Diego is not so sure you want to see ... the others are excited ...
We see the shark from the boat on the water, and a nice big manta distant whales Raffaella jumping ... but you just got thrown back and screams ... a "medusina" with blue filaments of one meter took it in the neck and remained in silent moments ... are not pleasant for her and for us that mainly help .
Diego severing the filaments from the neck, nettle, in turn, a hand, then pour the water (the only thing we have ...)
In the meantime I swung by the water I proceeded to give my breakfast to fish,
I can not wait to finish everything.
Another lady shortly after following my example ... What fun!
dive two more times and then back to shore by jumping on the water as the sea is a bit 'rough, even if the guy driving it is still good. Once near the shore they tell you to keep you firmly in place and launch the boat into the sand runs aground at full speed .. again.
return and it's time to go out for a dive true, I have no desire:
between seasickness and lack of experience ... (I got the patent in June with Diego and Jael and apart from the diving 's I made no other examination)
Tania understands everything and is very nice, encouraging and reassuring .. First
me a pill against sea sickness and I promise to be my shadow.
Ok, you have to break the ice for everything I paid for the patent. At
diving are all the equipment ready and fit only to be checked on every piece there is our name. They are an excellent diving. How
first experience abroad is really ok!
We prepare, we do brefing and Raffaella which fortunately has recovered from the encounter with the jellyfish, I saw that everything is translated into English.
Here is the story that repeats itself ... Push the boat in water and so on.
Once there look for the exact spot with the GPRS and the dive master down to the wire and behind us. Tania
control group and another girl ... There is a bit 'current and Tania helps me. Once
below are very quiet and I did not more problems, I enjoy diving even though I still find the right setting. Tofo
waters are full of life ... one of my dreams materialize two meters away from me: a cavity out a huge turtle swimming in front of me and quickly disappearing into the blue.
I'm fascinated by these animals so huge but agile in the sea ... I had seen in Sipadan in Malaysian Borneo snorkeling, but this is the first to see it underwater.
We see so many fish that I am not to list, a nice dive by the boys watched the diving, we end up as the air begins to turn the slope: 1, Diego is going back with the other girl's diving, then later I am with other Tania ver the past two with the guy driving.
I still feel the sea sickness while doing a safety stop and look when they come to rescue us with the boat but at least does not call.
'm glad I did, but me and Diego we decided to take things slowly and give up the Manta Reef to do another dive to 18 meters .. quiet following the school (SSI first get at least 12 dives and then you can take the patent for the 39 mt). I want to be quiet with my experience. Thanks to Tania for doing his job so well!
Once home we divide the tasks, grocery shopping this morning because we have guests ... We buy a slice of grilled barracuda to do and to make spaghetti sauce with shrimp. There
gasiamo idea of \u200b\u200bspaghetti cooked by a true connoisseur of pasta! Well
never buy pasta abroad unless it is from Italy, betting only on Italian spaghetti or rice to choose .... The result is a careful
the lives of our guests I invite to dinner, our spaghetti become inedible glue, causing loss of quality to the excellent sauce made from Diego.
revive the dinner with the grilled fish and shrimp stir-fried.
Good thing he likes to fish on the spot because there is not much choice.
It leaves a nice evening, talking in Italian, Portuguese, English and a little English.
When the guests leave my friends started to study for the exam is tomorrow in English, thank goodness we have changed his mind ...


Saturday, 19/08/2006


We wake up quietly while the rest early part of the group for the dive manta reef enthusiasts back .. while we prepare for our 10:00.
This is also beautiful, we see beautiful starfish and wonderful colors. We return
cooked and hungry, we finish all the food in the house because we leave early tomorrow Tofo Villanculos direction ... Let's take a trip to the local market by buying some memory: it is a good market and then we regret not having bought many more things ..
negotiate to find a Chiapas there at six ports in Inhambane.
We pay your stay at Donna Maria that every day spent cleaning the house and check that we did not need anything.
Recommended! We pay a total of 75 € for 4 nights per couple, less than 10 € per night per person .. To book here's the phone number: 258-25574943

DONA MARIA.

For more info on Tofo:
http://www.tofotravel.com/
www.tofo.co.za




Sunday, 20/08/2006 Going from Inhambane we stop to have breakfast with Grace and Nimberto a final farewell: we are facing a gargantuan breakfast and we are ashamed even more of our dinner ... Maybe if you spent a day in Italy we will reciprocate their affection ...
accompany us to the marina where they tell us that there is a boat to cross the bay and Maxixe find ourselves ... but we try ferry ... we do not see any scan the horizon, but even the shadow reached the end of the pier ... ... there is a hidden tub (a boat) used by fishermen already packed with people ... Once again perform a miracle they can find a accommodation for us and our backpacks. None of our family
imagine where we finished what we are doing ... with the camera also filmed the whole if discreetly, we never want to attract too much attention.
We laugh at the situation we are in a nutshell overloaded and float. Once again our ability to adapt is strengthened! A
Maxixe unknowingly make a painful choice: we see a small minibus station (Chiapas) and without inquiring too much about the other possibilities we stop the "first stall (do not do it maybe there is never a choice in favor of a little later ...) C 'is a void that goes to Chiapas Villanculos, we negotiate the price and we will pay for the backpacks on the roof of the van ... we sit back and here some of us make choices mostly due to wrong tactics: Andrea
the highest of us went to sit in the seat behind it has more leg room then two pair for each row of seats ... What a beautiful Chiapas
everything for us ... Here is the error: The Chiapas not as part of the 'bus at a scheduled time but only when it is full, or better say packed!
little further is the real bus station Oliveras, ask!
We waited about two hours before departure and when we have dared protest have offered to leave only for us but at a price doubled and we outraged by stingy we have refused to go through the usual crowds and charlatans ... better to suffer like everyone!
Perhaps now many of us would agree also a price tripled! For
not pull it too long, I conclude by saying that Chiapas had a normal capacity of about sixteen people, and we found ourselves in twenty-five plus two children and two cocks along the way ... still picking up people, you can not describe the positions taken by some travelers as true contortionists ... Andrea F found himself in the most lowest and most of all blocked and could not even move his arm. ... The trip lasted about five hours ... As a suggestion if you happen to choose this means of transport: the last to go up or choose the seats behind the driver ... usually there is more room for the feet, there is the window, and when people up and down is easier than any time unable to get a few inches of precious space! I say this from experience, this trip was my place.
We paid around this "hell" 1200 Metical as a group once they arrive at their destination ... we tried to pay less, considering the conditions of the journey but we have not delivered the backpacks and blackmailed again we accepted their terms!
We are almost all exhausted, standing before six, and this trip has certainly recharged ... Straight off we are again surrounded by groups of kids (no offense stinking call them: do not like to wash and deodorant ...) We should be accustomed to being surrounded by people who will pull the suitcase to take you somewhere to sleep for the sole purpose of receiving some coin to bringing our customers ....
do not know if because of fatigue or of the environment this time we are even more defensive and do not ask and do not accept help from anyone. ... We close ourselves to training impala ... All in a circle with backpacks in the middle!
read as B & B are recommended by Lonely Planet ...
boys do not give up and continue to say a name: "BAOBAB BEACH"

http://www.baobabbeach.com/
082 7315420/023 82417
baobabmoz email @ yahoo.

a bit confused and stressed Diego and Andrea B sent on ahead ... turn useless in six dragging behind women, children and animals "or pardon dragging their packs light ... not at all
wait at least an hour, the sun begins to go down, the kids do not loosen his grip and studying our every move ... see a pen and a piece of candy they want to see .. and ask ... so sometimes I have even made fun of us .... we are always strangers instill in their world
... ... From a distance we see a van with pop up on Andrea and Diego ... they have found the right place and they came to get with the owner of B & B. A boy tries
: Says the guy who was he to tell his name, we do not like lies and contradict all this time ... nothing is missing ... and learn not to cry just a name but to offer more choices.
The most famous name is often not the best choice ever see Fatima! We
Josef & Tina .. a new structure made by Josef sent by the European community to experiment with new crops in agriculture.
The lodge was built, perhaps to round off a good accommodation in the house
There are three bedrooms, a huge living room complete with TV and sofas and a kitchen complete with everything just as great for guests. Then there are the bungalows
Circular the thatched roof to provide a more simple with shared bathrooms. ...
There is also a restaurant bar where he served until late at night.

email: info@joseftina.com
www.joseftina.com
tel: +258 82 9652130
Metical pay 750 per couple with breakfast.

FOR MORE INFO OR TO FIND ALTERNATIVE please contact:
Vilanculos Tourist Services Tel: 082 7642140 email margi@teledata.mz

Here, however, addresses for any other accommodation:
http://www.smugglers.co.za/ 082 770 3720

Casa Rex


www.casaguci.com 023 82048 00258 82 8686540
info@casaguci.com


Blue Water
082 807 5750 / 082 7683400

MONDAY '21/08/2006

We ask Josef, who proves available to satisfy our curiosity or doubt, how do you go around the islands on the other hand ... we came up to here to see how popular the Bazaruto Archipelago National Marine Park ....
Despite the cloudy skies throughout the day we book the tour by DOW (another nut shell sailing with that for some mysterious force of nature can be full of people can float and move).
It 's a wonderful sea, with beautiful colors, some photos can not do it justice ... the sea is calm and even though I am coward, no better foresight to say by nature ... I can also enjoy the journey outward. ... in the boat as there are only chairs of the axes of the wooden cross and form benches.
The crew consists of the driver of the boat and cook ... we meet a lonely crab fisherman who swims in the sea without a boat and stabbing all the crabs he meets. ... The chef will buy six for a € ... (I refuse to eat ... I'm not vegetarian but in my mind only a few animals are destined to die ... I feel sorry for others and I can not eat them ... my fellow adventure when you gather them grilled as opposed to me will make him a big party.
to continue the journey ... eleven faces a one-hour break on the first island, Benguerra
; is pretty much the classic picture-postcard island: long beach and pristine white sand with palm trees behind.
wander the island and we meet with two children who want to sell their toy, a sailing boat made from them that the demonstration made it floats and moves well with the wind ... price 10 €.
The problem is not the price but overall, being able to take her to Italy without breaking ...
give him two shirts and a pair of shorts ... and we also do a photo ...
This island is also possible to stay there because have build a tourist village but of course the prices are the tourist to get here and the price is not even comparable with our DIY!
off again at 13:30 and will dock on the other island: Manguerra, certainly more suitable for snorkeling ... we relax on the beach while the cook prepares us for lunch ..
The island is currently inhabited only by locals but they are building hotels, they begin to spoil this paradise ... building tourist facilities along the beach without taking into account the context where they are .... Ok hotels were less intrusive but more suited to place ....
There is a wonderful group of children waiting for the usual gifts to us tourists ... and we learn later, also waiting for the leftovers of our food and can literally lick the pots and then wash them in the sea ... and deliver them to the cook, immaculate!
The boys devote themselves to tell us snorkeling and fish and a huge amount of life imaginable, all bodes well for the dives that we hope to do.
eat rice with a good tomato sauce, grilled fish, crabs and the poor ... I enjoy an excellent pineapple to eat a hen with her chicks that have adapted to eat just about anything ... even the fish every so often ... I feel a little St. Francis the patron saint of animals ... ...
Time is changing, dark clouds on the horizon ... you look better to take the way back ... I do not want
stressing telling you how I enjoyed finding myself in a tiny nutshell at the mercy of rough seas and wind ... we must follow the current at least in my opinion takes us farther and farther from the shore. ... waves occasionally washing those who enter directly into the boat is in sight ... sometimes we are the only ones on the horizon and then pass on my mind thoughts like, "if we reverse no one will notice our absence. "
Some of us laugh have fun, I growl saying that we should not go around looking for trouble ... ok adventure , Ok .. but the spirit of adaptation there is a limit to everything.
In hindsight that was not so bad but I hate any carousel that moves ... and that day the sea had decided to move.
At 17:00 we return and I can kiss the ground ... we paid the tour 1800 meters per couple (about 28 € each) ..
go around looking for a reliable way to book your scuba diving for the day after ... The lonely speaks very well of AQUA BLACK call you ... but it is already full ..
we worry a bit 'because we had decided to stay one more night and then leaving for South Africa getting closer to returning to avert any unforeseen last minutes ... Some people say "we can divide us, I want to dive and stop a day more." Who says "I want to see Blida river canyon in South Africa and childbirth."
But we are a group and eventually we all come to meet us and we can satisfy the wishes of all ... do not categorize ourselves ... we decided to stay one more day ... with a pledge by us women to get up early in the morning with the hope of find a free diving for the same days

TUESDAY ... '22/08/2006

Jael we start at six and I look for a diving center, but we are not in a very touristy area and how it has struggled to find a place to stay the same , He becomes even more complicated for diving centers ...
It is however a good chance to see the sunrise, do some nice pictures and take a relaxing stroll on the beach, we also find some beautiful shells. ... One of those still inside with the animal that will cling to life with all his strength and even more ... (His attempts to escape and my prayers for liberals and donate it to its wonderful sea, were not used to anything against his tormentors in the name I shall conceal (in the name of friendship that binds us!) but his death will weigh on their conscience each time show the shells collected in Mozambique!)
I know you do not care nothing ... but a diary is also full of personal memories that you want to capture in time.
I resume the path of the story: We call on all local and they send us to the diving of the baobab beach ... this is our target: we get that is opening up but tell us that today do not carry out because the dive boat is broken .... To have availability tomorrow!
We come back after lunch and all six return to the center to gather more info ... The center is composed of Viki.Ben ASKi and their dog and some black boy ... does not seem to bad and then we do not have much choice ... book for two dives days later.

www.odysseadive.com

scubaben_uk@yahoo.co.uk
00258 82 7817130

Again, a day devoted to relaxation and some shopping in the center of the country ... ... there is an Internet point where we can book your car once you arrive in South Africa, some of us took the opportunity to call home ... and so on.
There is a market for local products ... all very characteristic ... and discover that there is also the soap from them, they sell it to the piece and have many types and with different tastes ... but then why the majority of them do not use it?
Delito telephone call to the late afternoon and make his acquaintance ... we offer you something to drink and once again I take this opportunity to expand our knowledge about the area ... We ask
information about malaria ... or if there are just exaggerations ....
He speaks as if he were speaking of the influence ... has just recovered from about six months on average once a year and takes it.
us a bit 'scared of us ... we're just on that one has malaria prophylaxis ... ... five of us are against us before leaving us informed and we have drawn this conclusion: there is no real
vaccine against malaria, but only a prophylaxis (the Lariam) which is passed by each other and, according to who has taken it has significant side effects (also suspect a case of suicide) especially on those who suffer from depression or similar ... for six months you should absolutely avoid pregnancy ... etc ... It is certainly not a light thing and then wishing you the malaria
bills anyway ... There is also a drug charge € 50 a carton: Malarone (the name itself inspires me a lot of confidence), but to that of many it is more tolerable.
Given that assures you will not catch nothing we opt for the behavioral profiles.
course I hear tell us the type of nest once a year brividino few passes for the back ... but we console saying we are at risk for 4 days, for him a life ... his points are likely to be more certain, we sleep in a concrete house with bed nets on him ... in a hut with a roof straw. Congratulations !!!!!
Of course they are surprised when we explained to him that in Italy has been eradicated a long time ... Amazing, is part of life for them ...
Six months have passed since our return home and want to reassure you that none of us got sick !
Again we buy the fish and Diego tries his hand for a good lunch while taking advantage of spices taken from the garden and the remains of Josef also become our dinner. Relax


WEDNESDAY ... '23/08/2006

At eight o'clock we present DIVING Odyssey and depart shortly after diving on the island of Bazaruto to climb ... on the boat is less "traumatic"
that of Tofo. ... The sea is a table of colors and beautiful, made even more special by yellow sand and broke it emerges here because the low tide ...
I immediately realize that this was safe diving few stars less is more homemade ... we can define the gommne ... there is only the blonde Viki (with a little 'of snobbish) and the guy driving the boat.
I now ask myself "if she goes ahead and acts as a guide, who is behind the end of the control group?" No logical answer!
ask immediately Raffaella (The Advance of the group) to give me a look in the descent (my big Achilles' heel) I feel more peaceful, indeed my friend Diego is like me but he is on his third dive and is already so if he can take care of himself ... because he can not count on my help ... at least during the down ..
Here we are at the crucial moment, all in water: Viki and the rope is thrown his way ... but I can not get Raffaella helps me literally pulling me down ... then it's ok ... Viki goes on his way not care the least about the group: could also be abducted by a giant octopus one after another that she would have found it only when it was up to her ... never in any way or make us turn back to count the sign ok!
worry nice that once on land you recommend it to all divers in the world ... some
The sea is wonderful in this area, there is no mass tourism and commercial exploitation to ruin, at least for the moment ... as
Diego usually ends up in the air to warn first and Viki .. she launches the platform and continues its dive ... Diego waiting for a signal ... and then realize that must go back alone ... I can not be assigned no companion care of me ... and moments of panic go through my head ... I can not and will not go back alone ...
start to ration the air to not finish it before the others ... and luckily I'll end Andrew F together and I trust her completely experience for the ascent and safety stop ... okay!
We pause between dives on the island of Bazaruto.
I am a victim once again of my stomach and I lay on the sand and not move even one step, Jael is a victim of the recall of the sun and lies down to sunbathe a bit '.
The others go to explore the island ... trudging climbing on top of the large sand dune that gives the idea to meet in the desert, but the show opens at the top of the rest of the island: an unexpected garden full of trees, palms ... lakes and breath-taking, while across the colors of the sea, sky and beach draw a spectacle no less exciting!
But I want to go back to talk about the "very nice" Viki and her diving center.
No one had bothered to warn us that we would spend our lunch break on a deserted island ... otherwise we would have brought something edible!
The blonde eats his two sandwiches, while we suffer from hunger.
With everything we've done to pay the two could not go scuba diving every package of something to put under the tangerine or two teeth at the local market do not cost anything?
spend 630 rand per person for two dives + 60 rand to the entrance to the park, total around 80 € each.
The second dive proves a bit 'disappointing from the perspective of the marine environment, we do not see much, but it's still good to reunite within the aquarium and not over ... we are part of the marine world!
returned after the fifteen, and very hungry catapult us to the restaurant of the Baobab Beach ... not bad even if they are a bit 'long in service ...
who eat fish, some meat pizza not bad ... I pay 400 mt per couple (12, € 5)
the evening, everyone prepares to transfer the backpack.
We bus the legendary Oliveras at three in the morning. Before going to sleep
Josef pay more than that everything was well offered, or rather did not have much choice, to accompany the bus stop at that absurd night for free in exchange for good publicity on the Internet.
recommended B & B!
Pay for 4 nights or 3000 750 rand Metical that are translated into € 23, 4 per night per room ... maybe you want something less? go to the Baobab Beach in thatched huts, perhaps more romantic, but certainly more at the mercy of mosquitoes

THURSDAY ... '24/08/2006
Alarm absurd at a later time and again, thanks to the passing of Josef arrived in a station Phantom Coach, we get to wait.
Now someone comes and tells us that the bus has gone before, that other part that after two hours ... you better take another one ... we stopped a bit 'but we doubt not give up ... we understand that after all the competition who wants to monopolize many customers as possible, we expect Oliveras ... as we did not betray outward for all Chiapas ... Of course if you try to imagine the scene:
's been just three in the morning, six white youths in a circle with all the backpacks in the middle waiting for cold and sleepy un'autobus means that party or maybe it already has been delayed a couple of 'hours ... not a happy scene properly. ... but we also survived this! Oliveras
arrived around half past four and uploaded our packs (ready to get dirty for the umpteenth time) with the owners ... more appropriate once we have all the space possible.
those parts is defined un'autobus of luxury, in Italy we call it a lemon to be scrapped, but in this case we have the "beloved", has arrived and led us to target ... not making as tight as sardines in Chiapas and treated as persons.
The ticket inspectors expect to see us all asleep so we can wake up with an excuse to give us breakfast ... a tangerine head. ... And then again everyone is asleep ... here it comes again to ask to check the tickets that he himself did at the start ... very nice person and very nice ... Again the stops in "Autogrill" walking ... ... and meeting with their bathrooms.
We arrived at the starting point of our trip to Mozambique in Maputo that nineteen of the evening ... a journey that lasted about 14 hours to 400 km, between holes, laughter, photos, tangerines, books, dried fruit, flying down from the seat due a hole too deep and excellent suspension of the bus ...
paid travel 900 meters (32.5 € per couple).
trip that will remain within us as we have seen the sea, the landscapes and the people we met ...

This is the story of our adventure in Mozambique, to meet a less technical point of view, less detailed, but that tells only the feelings and emotions by Jael on this wonderful country you can read:

http://www.viaggierelax.it/viaggi/index.php? option = com_content & task = view & id = 142 & Itemid = 15


The next day we take the bus from Maputo to Nespruit dell'Intercape ... .. We're back in South Africa!


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