Thursday, April 14, 2011

Oh yes, we were THOSE tourists

Did you know that the brewery in downtown Bremen has 2 Euro beers???

Ponta do Ouro

Jason and Jody on the beach with beers.

Xai-Xai


I am always joking that the sad thing about distance education is that you miss out on Spring Break.


This past weekend we went 3 hours north to play on a lovely beach in the area of Xai-Xai. We gladly exchanged our AC for the soothing sounds of waves crashing and sea breezes, and kicked off our shoes for walking barefoot in the sand.


We had almost as many dogs as people!


The beaches in Mozambique are beautiful, however the water is a bit rough. This beach is unique as it has what seems to be a sand-stone coral bed natural barrier. One one side of the barrier is the raging ocean, on the other, a relaxed pool. As the tide comes in, the water enters the tide pool by separating itself into little waterfalls. As you know, I am a sucker for a waterfall.


One of our party delighted us with oxtail-stew or "potjie", a traditional South African dish cooked in an iron cauldron over a fire, with the primary ingredient being the tail of an ox. It was stunning and even impressed our South Africans!