Africa Day Two - Off to Mozambique

Day two began with us picking up Pieter's boat near the farm we stayed at. We applied these new Columbia stickers to honor my presence, well okay maybe it was to get some sort of tax write off, but either way it looks pretty cool.

The first hurdle we faced en route to the island of Inhaca was crossing the Mozambique - South African boarder. After exchanging some money on the black market and bribing a local guy to get us quickly through the boarder post we were into Mozambique. Just imagine Mexico on steroids... unfortunately 30 odd years of civil war has left things pretty grim, however it has been improving lately and it certainly has the potential to become a great country.

Here is a picture of us negotiating with a local to buy a bag of charcoal for our evening campfires. Apparently a lot of the roadside villages make a good portion of their income selling charcoal to the passerby's.

After launching the boat in Maputo we cruised for about an hour to the island of Inhaca. There we unloaded our fishing gear into camp and got all set up for what proved to be a great fishing trip!