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Here’s a photo of a “chapa”, which is the local minibus taxi.  It looks pretty nice from the outside, but inside you are likely to find up to 20 people crammed, on rickety ripped seats with barely any padding.  Everyone is usually very pleasant, and it is nice to see people from all strata ofContinue reading “Ride the “bus””

Well, we don’t have a KFC here (or any other major fast food restaurant, much to my children’s dismay).  However, the restaurants do serve some nice food, and here is a photo of one of my favorite things – Chicken Zambeziana.  Zambezia is the name of one of the provinces in Mozambique, so I’m guessingContinue reading “KFC”

Yes, Coke is everywhere.  It’s very popular here of course, and is usually sold in glass bottles, which are carried around in red plastic crates.  Most people with money keep a crate at home and after they drink up all the Cokes (or Sprites, or Fanta) they take the crate with the empty bottles backContinue reading “Everywhere on Earth”

I know it is often hard to tell, from our photos, that we actually live in the second largest city in Mozambique.  Of course, our house is 15 minutes from the cement center and the “bigger” shops, and the roads around our house are dirt, but when we drive around there is usually a lotContinue reading “We live in a city!”

Peppers are easy to find around here, and are commonly referred to as “piri-piri”.  You find them ground up in a sauce on all the tables at restaurants and we have started making our own sauce at home. Toby and Kevin are pretty addicted, and put them on eggs, bread, spaghetti, rice and beans, youContinue reading “Red Hot Chili Peppers”

Toby turned 11 years old today!  We celebrated with his choice of dinner meat, homemade french fries, and a cake made from a box mix, with store-bought frosting, sent from the USA by Kevin’s parents.  Wow, those additives and preservatives sure taste good.  They must add extra flavor or something. Toby got to play minecraftContinue reading “Toby turns 11!”

Here’s doors and windows for sale, a common sight around here.  Yes, that is a baobob tree, and yes, that is two men on a motorcycle, also very common sights. – C

Here’s the “hole” we pass on our way to church.  The rains have been washing this out gradually and if rainy season doesn’t stop, we’ll have to go around the church the other way. Yes, it is about 8 feet deep in the deepest part! -C

Here’s some photos of the Central Market, where we buy all of our fresh vegetables and eggs.  There is also a spice aisle where cumin, tumeric, paprika and curry powders, along with many others, are packaged in plastic (see orange and yellow packets above).  I buy most of my spices from an Indian spice merchantContinue reading “At the Central Market”

I should upload photos of the wonderful fresh bread we eat here daily.  You can’t buy the “bread in a bag” that you get in the USA and South Africa and Europe.  Instead, we get “breads”, which are like rolls.  I will actually upload a photo this month.  This is one of the bakeries, calledContinue reading “This one’s for MG”