Wednesday, January 29, 2014

October 29, 2013

Happy early Halloween everyone! This past weekend I traveled to a small town called Angoche. It is on the coast of Nampula and so isolated that it has its own local language (cotí). Two volunteers live there in one of the nicest houses I’ve seen here in Mozambique. They live in an apartment with running water (which meant free showers for us!) and a balcony with a view of the ocean. The streets there are so wide and there is hardly any traffic. At night you can see these strings of lights that hang above the streets, reminding me of America and Christmas.

Getting to Angoche, however, can be a bit difficult. The road is unpaved with collapsed bridges from the rain. After a long day, we finally got into town. A fellow passenger bought me mangos, which made me really happy. Mango season is almost here! The mangos still left on our tree in our yard (after the neighborhood kids come by with large sticks/rocks to knock them to the ground) are still green but the mangos along with coast are perfect. Speaking of food, we had so much good food! The volunteers in Angoche organized delicious meals and we ate lots of seafood ! yum!

The apartment is only a short walk away from the beach. We walked down the road a few minutes until we came to a dirt road that led through a mangrove grotto. Once we got to the end, we climbed into a small boat that ferried us across a stretch of water until we arrived at a beautiful secluded beach. White sand and palm trees. The water was warm and kids sold us mangos/young coconuts to eat/drink.

Halloween night was fun. Almost everyone there that weekend was in the same training group as me. Since there were 68 of us in total, it was really hard for me to get to know everyone. Now, I’m really grateful I had the opportunity to hang out with everyone this past weekend. We all had very different backgrounds but now we are all going through the same things at the same time together. Sometimes, it’s nice to know that you’re not alone. Thanks Peace Corps family :)

 Walking along the beach.

Supporting the Angoche JUNTOS group painting a mural about environmental conservation.

Found these in the fish market after watching the sunset. A baby reef and hammerhead shark!

Celebrating a fun weekend with good friends!

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