After waking up to stray dogs fighting near the tent, we spent a day getting the exhaust fixed and again appreciating the scenery of Zalala beach - which was as unsettling by day as it was by night. With a flat beach about 100m wide, lined with another 100m of tall pine trees (infested with crows), it was truly one of the most surreal places i have ever been to.
Next, we pushed on to 'Ilha da Mocambique', which was quite a great place. It was initially colonized by the arabs in 1497 as a trade port, however in 1500 the Portugese took over and set it up as their Naval Headquarters in East Africa. The town later served as a major port and was in fact Mozambique's capital until the 20th century. And so, now there is quite a mixture of old buildings - churches, mosques, museums - definitely a place worth visiting!
Next, we moved further up the coast to Pemba where we spent an afternoon on the beach, and prepared to make an early start in order to reach the border and make it into Tanzania before christmas day...
