Flights home were as expected - 36 hours door to door. I was again very fortunate to have no one in the middle seat next to me. At the other end of the middle three seats was a Canadian who had just "delivered" 6 tons of donated medical products to CARE in southern Africa. His Rotary District in Toronto has done this project for 6+ years. There are wonderful people everywhere.
The blog will begin again when I leave for Angola at the end of September unless my life takes another turn! Have a wonderful month.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Flying on Friday
It is my last full day in Mozambique as I fly tomorrow to South Africa and then on to Atlanta and San Diego. It is a long trip but fortunately only two stops from Mozambique to California. Amazing.
Had a marvelous dinner on Tuesday night with Bob, the US Aid pilot for Mozambique. He is a Penn State grad who flew bush planes in Alaska during the 70’s and 80’s before coming here. Like his friend, Phil from Nambula, he will retire in this country. Great Chinese food in Beira. The family came from Taiwain 25 years ago. My measure is always hot and sour soup – it was excellent.
I was able to treat the CNFA staff to lunch yesterday. A local restaurant. I had the “Special” which was black beans, rice and shrimp. A local hot sauce is Piri piri. I am taking some home to Rob but it is too spicy for me.
My hotel is located in a residential section so had a long walk in the late afternoon. Mozambique faces east to the Indian Ocean but so far I have yet to see a sunrise.
Off to Angola in later September.
Had a marvelous dinner on Tuesday night with Bob, the US Aid pilot for Mozambique. He is a Penn State grad who flew bush planes in Alaska during the 70’s and 80’s before coming here. Like his friend, Phil from Nambula, he will retire in this country. Great Chinese food in Beira. The family came from Taiwain 25 years ago. My measure is always hot and sour soup – it was excellent.
I was able to treat the CNFA staff to lunch yesterday. A local restaurant. I had the “Special” which was black beans, rice and shrimp. A local hot sauce is Piri piri. I am taking some home to Rob but it is too spicy for me.
My hotel is located in a residential section so had a long walk in the late afternoon. Mozambique faces east to the Indian Ocean but so far I have yet to see a sunrise.
Off to Angola in later September.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Happy September 1st
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I am in Beira for the next few days until I leave for Joburg and the USA. The CNFA office here is very professional and the staff are excellent. Together we are processing all of my reports and activities. I will be going to dinner tonight with a friend of Phil Gray (from Nambula) who is the USAid pilot for all of Mozambique. Bob Rienaker is originally from Alaska and was a bush pilot. We are driving, not flying tho! Beira is on the Indian Ocean and my hotel is only a block or so away. I am hopeful for a walk tonight. Home to San Diego on the 5th.
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