In the morning we woke up to stunning sunrise:
Villagers going to their daily fishing in the sea:
The view from out camping spot, right next to the sea:
Soon we were on the road again, beautiful and mountainous area around here:
Here you can see typical Mozambican countryside scenery: deforestation and people growing vegetables in their gardens:
Some houses looked really big and fancy around here, definitely better than we have seen in other parts of Mozambique:
Chinese building their own petrol stations:
We got to Pemba it was a short drive, and we were looking for a campsite Pemba Dive and Bushcamp, which was supposed to be near the beach in the bay. Sadly the camping wasn't there anymore, there was a boom gate with security and the land was owned by Chinese building company. So we went off to look for another place to stay. Pemba is a port city and is known for its Portuguese architecture. So we drove around the town, not worrying being lost, discovering different areas of the town. There were lots of derelict houses from Portuguese era, many big supermarkets, lots of banks and markets. The place is relatively quite touristy with South African tourists, but not as much as South of Mozambique. Pemba wasn't the prettiest town, because of all beauty that was once there and is gone today:
The beach in the city - Wimbe beach - was very dirty, and completely packed, must have been because of the holidays I guess, so we drove a bit out of the city centre. Here the beach was nearly empty, but still dirty, so we didn't go for a swim...
The beacfront in Pemba: (would be stunning if you took it out of the context)
The street going South of Pemba to campsite, lots of houses have been built and most of them were unfinished, so you can't even get to the beach because of all the construction.
And lots and lots of litter in Pemba:
Then we shopped around for some seafood and on the market bought lots of prawns:
Travel Map
Anyway we found a nice spot to have our lunch:
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