It was the last night in Mozambique where I had my first Sparberry. This bright red soft drink consisting of only sugar, e-numbers and more sugar had become the favorite amongst the group and having been told how delicious and amazing it was, I decided it was time to try it. It was amazing! Unfortunately, […]

On the 26th august, we had a day off from our expedition in which we had some free time. Most of us had the opportunity to get on a speed boat to see if we could see some dolphins swimming and some whales breaching off the coast of Ponta Malongane, Mozambique. The boys in each […]

So excited!  We were on Louis’ boat. It went over bumps like they were just flat water. The first encounter was a spinny spinet dolphin, they all went around in groups together it was the backs that we saw the most, they were shimmering in the water. As we carried on we got to see […]

We are stage spiders, and we are awesome. So awesome that we got the privilege to organize the session plan for the orphanage today during our expedition. Our day began with, of course, pao bread. A mozambique bread made with potato. Oh how pao bread brightens our day. NAAAAAAAT. Something we had already learnt by […]

Walking in sand is hard, so I follow someone else’s footprints, George’s were too small so I walked like a duckling, Ben’s were too big so I had to jump. However Guy’s were just right -Fran

We started off at 8:00 from Amangwane, our accommodation in Kosi Bay and started to go off on a long and exhausting walk. We went firstly to the border between South Africa and Mozambique. The next 10-13km of the walk was fairly repetitive walking along a sandy track. It was really difficult at times where […]

I’d been anticipating the visit to the Tsonga fish traps for some time, looking forward to a nice dip in the lake – as well as the prospect of seeing crocs. Upon waking to the wettest, most miserable weather we’d had so far however, my mood was somewhat dampened. I still had high hopes though, […]

At the cultural village the vibe was similar to the Swazi dancing we were shown at Hlane. We were invited to learn about the Swazi culture and way of life. They made us feel very welcome continually asking us if we had any questions, like they wanted us to stay and enjoy the morning with […]

We started the day early as we wanted to squeeze in a visit to a Swazi village before leaving Swaziland. I was really looking forward to learning about the Swazi culture. I was surprised to find that before getting on the bus, all of the girls had to put on a long colored skirt over […]

Everyone was eager for the evening with the Swazi dancers and the wait was worth it. It was awesome to see the Swazi people performing their own cultural dances and boy did they love their high kicks!! And A nice spray of sand in the face from the enthusiasm of the kicks! The costumes were […]