trip plans

As we know it…leaving tomorrow for the lake…nice short day to start…just to get away and realize we are on holiday without killing ourselves to go…so somewhere south on the lake like monkey bay…then Monday morning early we head across the border at madimba and fly along until nampula…we think we’ll stay for a night (we asked about three nights before looking on the map and realizing it wasn’t on the beach) and then up to pemba…we’ve seen some amazing pics—yes on line so they may not be typical but we’ll find out…some days there probably through Christmas and then head down…nacala, quelimane and then across…to the Zimbabwe border where we can check out the chim…mountains and on through the masvingo province to visit ute’s friends and see the Zimbabwe ruins which we hear are not to be missed…spent time Saturday getting one dollar bills—usually we only bring over the big bills to exchange but in Zimbabwe their currency has devalued so much that they use American bills and we’ve heard they set up tolls for $1 and it is just easier if you don’t have to argue for change…we are also going to try and get a mozambiquan sim card for our cell phones…I’ll try to let you know if we are successful…and if not or we can’t get on line before we get back or before…may you all have a blessed Christmas and a wonderful start to the new year!