Day 10 – 3am start – thought this was meant to be a holiday!

Praia Tofo to Maputo, Hotel Turismo

The bus back to Maputo left at 4am, we were hoping it was going to be better than the one we arrived in and it was marginally, we were on first so had the pick of the seats. It was the same deal as last time – try to cram as many people in as possible!

We finally arrived into Maputo about 1pm, but as the bus driver couldn’t find our hotel we were dropped off on the wrong side of town and we had to catch a taxi – not what we felt like doing after all those hours in the bus.

We checked into the horrid Hotel Turismo – shame Palmerias Guest House was booked out, a very poor room for the price we paid, with the sight of (unused) condoms in the bathroom causing us some mirth! (We later found that they also gave them away on the border – so hopefully this had more to do with addressing Africa’s AIDS problem than the dubious nature of our hotel).

The afternoon was spent slowly making our way through the streets of Maputo to the waterside restaurant we had lunched at on day one, with refreshment stops on the way of course! The day ended with watching the sunset and a nice dinner overlooking the bay.