Mozambique Meander

We crossed the border into Moz from Kruger Park; an easier option over the Easter Weekend. We drove through the Moz side of the Limpopo Transfrontier Park to Fish Eagle Camp at Massingir Dam. Campsite number 6 overlooking the dam is very pretty and Elizabeth and Randolf stayed in one of the chalets,which also has a good view.Apart from us, the camp was empty and things were pretty run down. The Transfrontier project is not very successful at this stage. The Moz Government still has not been able to relocate local villagers and poaching is rife. There are no animals to be seen anywhere and so it seems most tourists are just traversing the park as quickly as possible.It's a full day of driving to Tofo Beach and we arrived after dark. Flavio was waiting for us at Casa Lou and looked after us well. Every morning a parade of fruit,veggie, bread and fish sellers came past the house to bring us everything we needed. Ah, Tofo Beach is just one of my favourite beaches in the whole world and we had such a good time.The relaxed atmosphere just gets under your skin - like life in slow motion. Diving with Diversity Scuba was magical as usual, and Jamie was a really enthusiastic dive master. A highlight was swimming with the whale shark again! From Tofo we headed up to Villankoulos for more diving. We met up with Denis and Sabrina again from Oddysea Diving and it was good to see their new lodge and dive operation up and running.We stayed at Baobab,probably the best option at the moment but very, very noisy! We had a great trip to Bazruto with good divng but a LOT of wind!! Next time we will have to be sailing. Continuing north,on ever increasingly potholed roads, we headed to Gorongoza for 3 nights; the first visitors in on opening day after the closure for the wet season. What a treat to have a whole National Park virtually to ourselves. Then we returned to Msika Dam for a few nights on the way to Zim.