Monthly Archives: October 2011

Language lesson

Mocambique has at least 40 different language groups and the local language here in Vilanculos is Xitswa (chitswa). It’s not a written language so whenever you ask how something is spelled people just shake their heads, not knowing. You get people who speak Xitswa, Portuguese and a bit of English and you get people who […]

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He’s been missed

                                                                                  Jumbo and Zulu were sleeping in the sand in the parkway as we arrived […]

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The Big Surprise

Okay, so… We’re in Africa. It was meant to be a big surprise for Brian’s family so I couldn’t write about it on the blog or on Facebook or anywhere until now, and trust me, I’ve had ITCHY fingers to tell you guys about it! Here’s the reason why we’re here:         […]

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No moose, other than on the plate

I started writing this blog post on the bus last week, on the way to the airport to fly back to Stockholm, but have been too busy to publish it. The days up north passed way too quickly and I miss all the great people up there. It proved a bit difficult doing any blogging […]

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Frosty morning, blue skies and a long walk

First day of vacation! Lars and Eva-Lena had to work most of the day so we’ve just been taking it easy today. Brian was enjoying not having to get up really early in the morning to go to work and showed this by passing out on the couch straight after breakfast. I tried to restrain […]

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Uncle and aunty off on vacation!

Sorting out the car will have to wait a little bit because now we’re on vacation! We’re on the bus on our way to Pajala (just passing the Arctic circle!) where our friends live and we’re looking forward to a nice week up here. So far the weather looks great. The first snow had fallen […]

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