Inhaca Island - 27.sept

It was the most wonderful thing to not have to wake up to an alarm clock :) And not wake up to anything at all. All I could hear was wind, strong wind, blowing through the hut. Looking outside it was not promising - cloudy and very windy. Wind meaning no going to the sea :( No Portuguese Island and no snorkeling and no nothing :( Had my enormous breakfast. I have never eaten that much for breakfast ever in my life. I could even say it is a three course breakfast every morning. And all those eggs! Uuuh, lots of eggs every day.

At the breakfast started talking with the other people at the camp. I knew they are here to fish so wondered what are their plans. The same information that no going to the sea with this sort of weather. The others are from South Africa, there is 11 of them, most are co-workers at a law firm.

Biggest problem for me was that there was no sun either :(, which makes the air cold. Staying inside is not an option so I piled some clothes on, grabbed my book and set myself to read in a comfy chair outside. Soon enough the others were walking to town so I set off with them taking the way through the beach, shortcut as they said. Tide over here is really really large, I mean that the water recedes far far out and then makes its way back in the afternoon. So we were walking on the seafloor where there was no water at the time. Got to walk around ships waiting on the sand for some water :) There were also lots of crabs running around under the trees and millions of little holes where they hide. At some point during the night they would all be outside so the ground seems to be moving. Inhaca Island has an ecosystem one of the kind. In the mainland there are lower areas which get water in them, at some point the water is salty and other times of the year the water is fresh. They put lots of effort into research here to see how the plants and little creatures survive in such rare conditions.

Anyways, in town we headed over to a most wonderful seafood restaurant. Ate about 25cm long crayfish or a huge lobster, all grilled up nice and tasty. Food on this island is the best so far. Drinks followed, then dancing :) and heading back via a detour to the restaurant owner's land to check out the next camp site to be built. Fishing is the keyword and most of the visitors coming here would be here for fishing. Quite many arrive with their own boats, just like the group in our camp.

Headed back via the main road and the walk is not that bad at all. Passed by a local airport strip located right next to our camp. Yesterday there was a plane coming in and it scared the hell out of me as it almost touched the tree next to me :) Little plane, but still very frightening. Walking here is quite ok actually, probably just not suggested for foreigners ;)

Evening at the camp went on the name of wine, TV, eating and talking. It has been a wonderful and relaxing day in a very good company. Quite perfect actually :)