ilha de mozambique

i've had a pretty busy past couple of weeks. everything with my job is really taking off which is awesome but it just about started when i was going to be traveling. my mom came to my site and stayed in my hut which was a lot of fun! it is getting to the place i want it to be slowly but surely! it was so much fun to have her in inharrime! she was able to see first hand what i do and to see my everyday life. i was able to take her to the beach (zavora-my personal favorite) and we even brought amendoim! i tried to have him swim but i don't think he really liked it! she was up in inharrime for 3 days and then we traveled to Maputo to meet my dad. we stayed in the polana hotel (amazing to have a real bathroom, big bed, and ac all to myself!). it was a great break from everything and it was so great to see them!!!

i came back to inharrime for a day and then left again for my in service training up in nampula city. the conference was good and i got to see pretty much everyone in my group again! it was so much fun just to hang out and be in a different setting....also with ac! after the conference i extended my stay to go to ilha de moçambique and carushca. carushca is a beautiful beach where we rented a house and just relaxed! it was so much fun to hang out with a lot of my good friends that i don't get to see often!

ilha de moçambique is beautiful! we spent our last day there and did everything the island had to offer! there is a museum of the old governer's house along with museums of scared art, a maritime museum (that has tons of things from a boat that sunk off the coast) and a fort. we had a guided tour for everything and i learned a lot about the old capital of mozambique. the island is only 3km long and 500m wide so it is not too big so we were able to do the entire island in one day. of course my camera died within the first few pictures i took so i'll be trying to get all the photos from friends cameras that i used and put them up soon!!

i'll try to write more often! i've been pretty busy and haven't had much credit but i hope all is well and the weather is getting nicer!!!

love,

ann