Land ahoy!!!

I was seriously busy in the port what with the ship landing and all related super hectic activities. That ship has now moved to Beira and I have followed it here. I am taking a lot of snaps here, but will be putting selected ones up only when I reach Quelimane next as it is in my friends camera and we have not taken the connection cord ":))

In the pic is a lumber shipin the Quelimane port.The car the is there only to show relative size. The ship is just midsized as large ships cannot enter the port

Something abt the people

The first thing that surprised me on reaching africa is the size of the people...I landed in Africa expecting to find huge 7 footers strutting around...But i discovered that in Mozambique , I still was easily above average height and bulk

When asked around I was told that it is the west africans who are bigger etc etc and all that. I havent gone there yet.

As for Quelimane it is a shanty town almost entirely sustained by the timber business...It has very little of anything, The landmark being an airport which is about the only access to the town. It is however also connected to Beira by road and has a river port which basically caters to the bulk freight vessels which come for the timber..I will soon put up some snaps of the port(amazingly dusty) etc etc.

For its size and literacy, the city has a surprisingly westernised populace. I was surprised to find 3 FM stations and a good pizzeteria in a town this size. It is the capital of the fertile state of Zambezia. The port is situated on River Bon Sinale(which is portugese for River of good signal)...in all portugese words, I am not sure of the spelling....

Life is rolling by at a fairly hectic pace as we are loading a lumber ship which is in the port as of now. Only small/medium sized vessels can visit this port due to the low draft

Snap of my car

A snap of Nsissan hardbody...this one supposed to be king of bad road

Log park and log truck

Am putting up a snap of the log park of Olam. Also in pic are the giant trucks which move logs around

Africa- The beginning

I have now been in Africa for a week.

Well, for one, africa has more facilities that we give it credit for. To prove this alone, I am putting up a snap of the hotel where I stayed. It could hold a light to any 3 star hotel in india.

Also am putting up snaps of my car and a few snaps of my log park and snaps of the trucks that move the logs(they are giants)