20:40, December 9, 2011. My boss’ apartment, Beira, Mozambique.
Hi guys! Well, after a final, crazy week in Tete, I took off early this morning on the first of several trips planned for this month. The nine-hour, 600km drive to Beira passed pretty quickly, with the accompaniment of some very good podcasts on my iPod, and the rainy season landscapes were truly stunning. The deep jungle greens and blood-red dirt were reminiscent of the Christmas season, and I was once again reminded of just how beautiful this country is.
I’m crashing at the MCC Mozambique national office in Beira tonight, and tomorrow will set out on a three-day drive to Maputo (including a day-and-a-half stop at a beach town along the way) with several colleagues. Next week will be devoted to a multi-day workshop with the water and food security program members and CCM’s national meetings, and hopefully a weekend jaunt to a nearby country that I’ve yet to visit. : )
I’ll try to write another post in the next few days, but hope you all had a great week, and I’d love to hear from you sometime!
Also, if you’re interested in reading more about Mozambique and the mining industry in the area I call home, the following are relevant news articles I’ve come across in the past week:
http://oneworldgroup.org/2011/11/29/mozambique-coalmines-not-reducing-poverty/
