Here is the main page covering our visit to the country of Mozambique, with an extensive coast line along the Indian Ocean. Plus a slide show of pictures at the end.
For journal postings from Mozambique, CLICK HERE
Our month long itinerary began with a stay in the charming, architecturally rich capital city of Maputo in the south, after which we proceeded north along the coast for extensive diving and snorkeling, as well as for cultural sites hundreds of years old.
- Maputo
- Inhambane
- Tofo Beach
- Vilanculos
- Bazaruto Archipelago – Magaruque and Bazaruto Islands
- Gorongosa National Park
- Ilha De Mozambique (Mozambique Island)
- Pemba
- Situ Island
- Ibo Island
You can also browse the map below for where we’ve been in Mozambique, and posted an article. Click a pushpin to find posted articles from the marked locations.
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SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.
1910 National Library, a twin of the Post Office 
Exterior with dome, Maputo rail station 
Interior, Maputo rail station 
Contemporary boldness of Banco de Mocambique 
Art deco Holy Cathedral, Maputo 
The charm of a busy city street, Maputo 
Work of Pancho Guedes in some disrepair 
San Antonio church, Polana district, by Nuno Craveiro Lopes 
Samora Machel, Praça da Independência 
One of many art deco buildings in town 
Early 20th c. tiled decoration of Maputo buildings 
1890s colonial house 
Casa del Ferro, Eiffel methods 
Maputo fortress 
Platform, Maputo rail station 
Pancho Guedes office building with WW1 Memorial 
Interior, ironwork Mercado 
Exterior, Maputo mercado 
Neo-classical colonial building, Supreme Court 
Nucleo de Arte, artist collective 
Neo-baroque mansion 
Contemporary style in Netherlands embassy 
Colonial style in collapse, Maputo 
The slowdown on Mozambique’s N1 
Offering homemade sexual dysfunction kit 
Vendors throng the busses at a village stop 
A truck prepares to dig the N1 holes a little deeper 
Selling honey in reused bottles along the N1 
Chicken vendor negotiates a sale 
Charcoal for sale, Mozambique N1 
Burnt woods along the N1, source of charcoal 
Obstacle course, N1 
Garlic for sale, Mozambique highway 
Logs departing Mozambique, N1 
Small roadside village, Mozambique N1 
Bricks for sale 
Colorful dress on Peace Day, Ilha de Mocambique 
Emperor angelfish adult 
Two nudibranchs 
Two anemonefish dance in the waving tendrils of anemone coral 
Giant clam 
Emperor angelfish juvenile, looking unlike the adult 
Amazing bubble coral hiding a bubble coral shrimp 
Two more anemonefish dance in the waving tendrils of anemone coral 
Long-nosed butterflyfish nosing along 
A crayfish pokes its long antennae out of its lair 
Anemone fish peeking out of splendid anemone coral 
Quirimbas archipelago around low tide 
Quirimbas archipelago 
Quirimbas archipelago around low tide 
Town Hall, 1909, Ilha 
Arcaded street Ilha 
Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte, 1522 
Ilha, a bit downtrodden 
The 19th c hospital of Ilha, now closed 
Old mosque, Ilha 
Inner courtyard, Governor’s Palace 
An old colonial house, Ibo 
Closed and needing renovation, the central church of Ibo 
Colonial era house, Ibo 
Ibo’s second street 
18th century Joao Baptista fort, Ibo 
Makuti, a meter or two below ground 
Deserted, but colorful streets of Ilha 
Three centuries of construction in one pier, Stone Town 
A new boutique hotel next to the Ilha pier 
Exterior, Governor’s Palace 
Ilha fort entrance 
Interior courtyard, Ilha fort 
Mouldering interior, Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte 
Baroque church facade, Stone Town 
Coast, Situ Island in Quirimbas Archipelago 
Decrepit customs house, Ibo 
An old building, Ibo’s second street 
Joao Baptista Fort, Ibo 
Finishing the silver spoon at Ibo fort 
Low tide, Quirimbas Archipelago 
Approaching the mainland, Quirimbas Archipelago 
DJ turntable, a number of decades back, Ilha hotel 
Situ Island at low tide, Quirimbas Archipelago 
Sunset, Situ Island 
River outflow at low tide 
Ibo silversmith spoon