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That photo is great. The most I ever saw in Asia was five on a Honda bike.

As many of you might be able to tell, I have a well landed infatuation with Mozambique, mainly focused around my wife and her family.

My wife is of two cultures, her mother's tongue is Shangaan and her father's language is Chopi. Both cultures of southern Mozambique. Bear with me here as I want to give the opportunity to experience some of the Chopi culture.

The Chopi are renowned for their music, called Timbila. Timbila is a very melodic music and comes with it's own style of song and dance. It can be heard here on this excellent video:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgZV9nR-m2o&feature=related]YouTube - The Chopi Timbila[/ame]

The opening scenic views are of a place called Quissico, a beautiful locale on the coast north of Maputo, before you arrive in Inhambane Province. If you can travel to Mozambique and line up mid year, each year they have a locally generated Timbila Festival in Quissico which is just wonderful to experience. It is generated by the local people for their own culture; wonderful.

Please excuse my indulgence.

Thanks for that. I'll be in the Inhambane area in June for our school holidays.

So Quissico isn't that far, and I can make it a trip to Praia do Sol.

Originally Posted by jakeslouw

Thanks for that. I'll be in the Inhambane area in June for our school holidays.

So Quissico isn't that far, and I can make it a trip to Praia do Sol.

Maaate...Lekke!

You'll well recognise this view then, overlooking the lagoons at the top of the hill at Quissico:



Catch the dhow across to Maxixe and stop at one of me favourite restaurants there...the STOP Restaurant, have a 2M or few and order carrangueijo enchada...some stuffed mud crabs.





A great part of the world.

Obrigado. I can't wait.

Originally Posted by BBC

These two young'uns were brought to the front gate by someone seeking $$$ for their release....a fairly normal way of doing things in Somalia.

A kind hearted soul brought them, and they are currently secure in our camp while the arrangements have started to get them out to a place that will be able to raise and release them. Probably somewhere involving their first ride in an airplane.

Hopefully, a good news story to come out of Somalia. We shall wait and see if it makes the world media or, if it is kept below the radar.





We can only wonder what their life story was before this. Only God knows where they come from and what has happened to their mother and pride.

and...finally...they have made the media:

Rare lion cubs rescued from traffickers in Somalia | World news | The Guardian

....the story has been adjusted. I know for fact they were brought to one of the gates here at the Airport....not the Seaport.

Photos from yesterday, taking a convoy through town up to the Mogadishu University and showing some of the building sites that are currently underway for which I have QC responsibility for. Busiest job I've ever had, we have 250 of these type of concrete/blockwork structures in the shape of accom/offices/kitchens to be built in a number of locations across town.



















I've been up to the Uni quite a number of times and previously we'd sat around the CO's conference table. It is in a covered but, unwalled section of the ruined buildings that are currently serving as the Burundian Contingent's HQ.

Interesting to see a stray shot lodged in the table surface:





The weather is on the change here, with the northward movement of the sun bringing about the diurnal wind shift that comes off the Indian Ocean. It means the humidity is picking up, and the rains will come, along with the mossies; at least the dust has stopped blowing around.

Just had 1000 more troops arrive, with an additional 3000 due before June...busy, busy, busy.

Soviet RPD machine gun?