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Ilha
Mocambique - Mozambique
Our
passage southwards was to be one highlight after the next. Sailing for the most
part close to the coast, in smooth waters protected by offshore reefs and
islands, we took in the sights and sounds of Africa. Huge Arab style sailing
dhows plied the coastal ports with us, trading cargo as they have done for
centuries. The ancient walled city of Zanzibar was a step back in time, watching
the huge dhows manoeuvring in to tie up in the antiquated harbour, where they lay
lined up atop of one another, just like something out of Ali Baba. After a
couple more stops on the Tanzanian coast, we enter Mozambiquan waters. Chosing
anchorages on offshore coral islands with only the odd fishing boat for company,
we swim, snorkel and trade T shirts for bucketfuls of lobsters. After a stopoff
in the original Portuguese Colonial capital on Ilha Mocambique, we begin making
bigger hops down the coast. Further southwards, as we enter the Mozambique
channel, weather systems became more important to us, the cold fronts bringing
in strong southwesterlies that we try to shelter from. The last jump we make is
from Inhaca Island, offshore from the present day capital of Maputo, on to our
first South African landfall.
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