After the island, we spent one day in transit in Nacala, Mozambique, then hopped our 4 am bus to Pemba, Mozambique further up the coast. We spent 5 days here just outside of town on Wimbi Beach.
There is not a whole lot to tell about Pemba. It seemed to be the start of the rainy season, so it rained usually once a day. That was nice however, as it seemed to cool things off. A couple times we made the long trek into town to go to the bakery, supermarket, internet cafe, restaurants, or to buy a plane ticket. The rest of the time we spent around the beach area, just walking around or hanging out at the nice beach front restaurants. All in all, it was a more relaxing experience.
Travel in Mozambique was difficult, as I outlined in my last post, and not being able to communicate made things a little tough. So in the end, we decided to fly from Pemba all the way to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The other way to cross the border into Tanzania appeared to involved multiple days (with pre-dawn starts no doubt) and a dug out canoe river crossing at the border, as well as many more death cabs. It seemed adventurous, yet... we were ready to move on.
Pemba is best described in pictures, so I will leave you with some pictures of our last Mozambique destination:
Andrej took this picture of what we think is the mail delivery bike outside the Pemba post office.
Andrej at Wimbi Beach.
Ocean view at Pemba.
Sunset over Wimbi Beach.
Jill and Andrej.
Andrej relaxing at our favorite beachside restaurant, the Pemba Dolphin.
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