Finally… the holiday pics

First up, a moment to brag: I’ve just been promoted at work! Hopefully, along with the huge load of additional responsibility, comes a big fat pay increase (I’ve yet to see the offer).

Secondly, the holiday photos. I was hoping to get hold of everyone else’s before putting things up here because there’s bound to be far better pics than mine floating around, but it seems that’s going to be far too long a wait. So here’s a brief Ant tour of Mozambique (bloody blogger won't let me put up more photo's than these):

Maputo is much like a run-down Joburg CBD by the sea…



The towns have colourful markets (mercado) where you get to haggle with the locals over their opportunistically inflated prices (“Quanto custa? Caro! Caro!”) and gag on the smell of rotting fish.



For R160 a night (Baobab Lodge, Vilanculos), you get to sleep in a chalet that boasts views like this every morning…



The Mozambican government is making the islands off Vilanculos (like this one, Bazaruto) an exclusive holiday getaway with only upmarket accommodation available. Thankfully, transport by dhow to these islands is so dodgy (and hence cheap) that riff-raff like us could still afford day visits to these beautiful islands with their sublime views.



In Barra, the coconut palm-riddled playground of Gautengers fed up with Christmas in Cape Town, the sky was having another orgasm.