Got up at 8, could sleep more, but breakfast is planned to 9am. Getting up at 8 is a lot better than at 5 so I'm content, and besides, last time I got to wake up after 8 was in Italy. I'll sleep in sometime later, like over Christmas time or something :) Can't spend my vacation sleeping ;) No worries, tomorrow gotta get the taxi at 7am, so all good ;)
Good half an hour was spent on doing laundry and then walk over to a nearby Cafe de Sol - it is a beautiful place, had a local handicraft fair today with more beautiful necklaces and bags :) As soon as we sat down we were informed that there has been an electricity cut and no heated food can be ordered, were quite bummed to eat cold sandwich for breakfast.
Next project was going grocery shopping. For this we walked through a nearby neighbourhood to reach one local store and then Woolworths at the next block. Managed to gather everything needed for breakfast including cereal and yogurt - can't wait for this breakfast as I'm so sick of toast and eggs, have been eating English breakfast for the past 3 weeks, time for some yogurt! Picked up some fresh fruits and other items. Shopping like in any country I guess, only the selection is quite limited.
After dropping the food off at the apartment walked over to Maputo's fish market and to the beach nearby. Fish market was neat, so many different kinds of seafood types laying in neat piles or in buckets filled with water. One can pick the food up and then get it cooked right next door to enjoy at the spot. We decided to go for restaurant food this time, but it was really tempting and tasty.
Headed over to the beach. Here in Mozambique we get lots of attention, there is constantly somebody whistling or calling us, quite annoying I must say. In Zimbabwe and in Tanzania there was nothing like this. Already yesterday I was advised to keep my passport with as police can request it at any time, but better to keep the passport in a body belt under the clothes. I was also filled in on the streets to avoid and the roads not to take, where not to walk (by the presidents residence) and what not to take a photo of. Police here is quite nasty as I've heard. They look very intimidating with their automatic guns and they are always moving around in big groups. I hope I never have to talk to them ever :) Apparently whenever they stop you (mostly when you are driving) they simply ask for money, and you have to give them something otherwise things get ugly. Yeah, this is how bad it is. And I'd like to see who starts to argue with 6 policemen wearing Kalashnikovs, pointing the guns towards you while addressing you. Really scary.
Had lunch at a wonderful seaside restaurant with terrace and all. Met my friends friends from Finland, heard many interesting facts about EU, chatted for the longest time, had very tasty seafood curry and watched the tide move in. Absolutely perfect Saturday afternoon. As one lady is going away for few days then my friend is looking after her cat for those days, went over to pick up the kitty cat, smuggled it into the apartment (as there is a very strict no pets allowed policy) and got ready to head out to see more dance performances.
This time there were 2 local groups: 'Grupo Workshop de Luz' and 'Lulu Sala'. Second piece was called 'Caos na Identidade'. I liked both of the performances very very much. Concepts were good, choreography was interesting and the movements had depth. First performance was a bit shorter, perhaps 30 minutes, the other one went on for at least an hour and incorporated video and live music - it was really really good.
Zoomed by a jazz concert by 'Nasar Abadey & Supernova' - group from northern US. One of the reasons we went there was the fact that it took place in a train station, it is a beautiful building worth seeing. Concert ended up being without any admission cost so no harm done at all. Music itself was a bit too nervous or aggressive for me, no vocals, stayed for about 45 minutes then headed home and straight to bed. On our way got to see how the police stops people with no reason at all, so glad that we have gotten away with it so far.
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