Cameron's Mozambican Kiva Fellowship – The Story
Posted in Travel, mozambique on Aug 24th, 2009
This weekend I took a break from sucking down diesel fumes, shuttling between semi rural Boane and derelict, African chic Maputo and headed to the islands. A short two hour boat ride from Maputo lies a pristine brace of islands, Ilha da Inhaca and Ilha dos Portugueses. Take a semi rustic (real loose usage of [...]
Posted in Travel, mozambique on Aug 11th, 2009
When asked “what do you want to be when you grow up?” as a wee little 1st grader a lot of thoughts came to my mind. I wanted to be like Christopher Columbus or Vasco da Gama, sail on ships, explore new lands and drink beer with peg legged salts (not slaughter the natives). It [...]
Posted in Travel on Aug 3rd, 2009
So apparently Winston Churchill really liked Uganda. While defiling a Ugandan bathroom I noticed a Churchill quote on the wall, “A lot of people are asking me about my journey to Africa, it can be summed up in three words ‘concentrate on Uganda’”. Pretty typical imperialist quote from a pretentious Englishman.
Anyway, while I don’t much [...]
Posted in Travel on Aug 3rd, 2009
LAM (Lineas Aereas Mocambicanos)
You have to support the national champion, especially when you show up for your flight an hour beforehand and nobody has yet arrived to check people in. I also like the fact that they still fly prop planes. Here’s the plane I flew on for the first leg of my Uganda trip.
Angola [...]
The quick jaunt through London was a success. I made it into London Paddington from Heathrow, weaved through a parade of Bentleys, Aston Martins, and Maseratis and had a tuna sandwich and coke with my good friend Sahate near the Agency Republic office in Battersea. Along the way I made some observations on the state [...]
Posted in Travel on Jun 15th, 2009
It’s 5:42am, time to get going. For the next several days I’ll be on my grizzly, 5-leg, journey to Maputo, Mozambique. Stops will be made in Montreal, London, Doha and Johannesburg. Prolonged stops will be made in London and Johannesburg. In London I’ll zip into the City of London for a quick coffee or fish [...]
