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Favorite thing: The Mozambique flag is three horizontal bands of green, black and yellow. And 2 small white stripes. A yellow star is centered in the triangle with a crossed AK47-Kalashnikov and a hoe on top of a white book.

Green color represents the riches of the soil.
Black color represents Africa.
Yellow color represents mineral riches.
White color represents peace.
Red color represents the struggle for independence.
The yellow star represents solidarity (before sosialism)
The book represents education.
The hoe represents agriculture.
The Kalashnikov represents determination to protect national freedom.

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A tourist visa on arrival can be bought at the border. It is valid for 30 days. Fill out a visa application form (pedido de entrada em Mocambique). Make sure you have your passport, 1 photo and 25 USD ready.

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Favorite thing: Moz can be a very strange and sometimes frustrating place. For all the hassle I had from the corrupt Police, dishonest Toll Attendants and bad roads – it was all worth it. It took me 2 days to drive to Tofo Beach and it just felt great when I arrived. The few restaurants and hotels are built away from the fantastic beach. You may never see a beach like it. Unspoilt. You and the ocean. Locals go out to fish in the mornings and you can walk for miles. In the evening those cold beers taste better than any beer you have ever had before as you look out over the beach.

Tofo beach – the best place in Moz.

Please see my Tofo Beach page here:

TOFO BEACH

Favorite thing: ilha de mocambique.
mozambique island is where i was born .
left the place with 3 years of age. and returned at the age of ten. so not very much memories. i remember thou the calm and lazyness of the island as the main features and a beautifull place with wonderfull beaches and coral reefs...
yeah i miss it!
and one day i ll return

Favorite thing: Feeling like I was the only tourist in the whole town was a nice change of pace from Europe. I loved the fact that I could spend hours on the beach and never see another person. The crabs would run in and out of their little holes, the way beaches are meant to be. Not cigarette butts, beer bottles and rows and rows of half naked bronzed bodies. These beaches are divine!!

Fondest memory: The people are very friendly and of course the amazing beaches. I loved how ungroomed they were.

Favorite thing: Aftter the work was done with the rigging out of the truck from the riverbed, we could continue our busride to the border with Zimbabwe.
Again a line for the stamps, papers. Luggage from the roof of the bus to carry it yourself to the ohter side of the border. One stamp was missing on a paper, back in line again.
Two local women brought six brandnew bikes, while only two were allowed. They distributed four bikes under four other passengers, but there was only one purchase paper. So after three hours and a lot of hassle the bus departed without any bike.
And then, no joke, a next and last control.
The chickens must be inoculated at the spot and the chicken-eggs must be handed in or eaten.
A man from New Zealand asked what to do with the egg, he just bought at the border. The whole bus yelled "eat it!''

Favorite thing: At one side of the bridge was a lot work to do to ge the truck out.
At the other side we could enjoy a scenic and peaceful landscape.
The river was nearly dried up, only a small stream was left.
At the background we saw some mountains.
It was a pity there was no village in the neighbourhood to visit or to meet some people.

Favorite thing: The bridge over the Mazao River near Tete was blocked. They decided just today to rig a former wrecked truck out of the riverbed.
So we were lucky to be allowed to go out of the bus and to spend some time on Mozambiquan soil.
There was time enough to walk and look around, not only to the spectacle of the rigging, but also to the vehicles, the people and the surroundings.
So this incident didn't bother us at all, in the contrary we enjoyed.