Moamba

I met Chase and Ali on the side of a long highway at the Moamba junction, it was a grand day. I turned South African and greeting chase in some local attire that is called a denitard. I brought Chase his own denitard and he jumped for joy!

The bus ride was pretty sweet, the A/C made it freezing for the first hour. Then for the last 7 hours the A/C broke down and since I was on the lower portion of the double decker bus I got no moving air. It's not just the heat, but the combination of heat, humidity, and the wonderful scents of Mozambique that truly perked my all senses on the trip.

After arriving at Ali's sweet pad we go to participate in the Mozambican Olympics. The events were the swing launch, shotput, bowling, left handed distance toss, and the skeet toss. We all were masters at our individual events.

I then had the opportunity to visit the orphanage Ali works at and spend an afternoon with the children there. Even in their challenging situation, the kids still had smiles on their faces! Ali got everyone to jump at the same time amazingly, arm wrestled the kids to show them who is boss, and then made them climb a tree to make for some good photos. It was fun to interact with the kids and I gave them rubber wrist bands that I brought from home to leave them with something upon my departure. I hope to return sometime on my travels to visit them again.

A more comprehensive photo posting is located at the "Gross de Ali" link on the right side of the page under Friends Blogs if you are interested.