This Thursday was my 25th birthday. It was the third time I spent my birthday outside of Sweden, last time doing so I went up at five in the morning to see the Mekong delta in Vietnam.
This time was a bit different because we still had to do some work during the day. Fine by me, really, I am not the one who thinks that birthdays are that special.Still, it is always fun to have done something extra.
The best thing was that I discovered that some of my friends, with help from Kajsa, had planned to give me some extra adventures while I am here in Mozambique as a present. And as you are not here to experience my present with me I see it as my duty to tell you all about it!
The morning started with Kajsa making some kind of treasure hunt with me. The brightest thoughts are not that easy to find when you've just woken up, but I did my very best to figure out where I would be hiding if I was a breakfast making-note and where to look for something creative in a futuristic way to find the next clue.
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| Looking for the final note |
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| As happy as ever to find out what my friends have planned for me |
The final note was a gift card with various activities that we will do while we are here; like an ocean safari and diving lesson in Tofo. Thank you so much all of you!
I had no idea what Kajsa had been up to. She has been planning while I've been sleeping during the night and been in contact with our supervisor to ask him about things to do, erasing text messages after she sent them to him. I had no clue, I didn't even start suspecting something when her phone tried to deceive her when I was writing a message last week and it suggested Sara sover (Sara is sleeping) as the next word for me.
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| breakfast |
After breakfast we had to work some, but Kajsa served me with delicious fruit salad while working. And all I can say is THE MANGO. It is so good you cannot believe it!
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| fruit salad |
After this we went to make an interview at the Swedish Embassy with a man working with foreign aid in Mozambique and then went to Club Maritimo by the sea to look at the sunset. Very beautiful!
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| Maputo at the horizon |
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| We found a beautiful brick wall on the way back |
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The day ended at a very cosy Thai restaurant together with Thibaud and Lea. The food was perfect but if the fruit salad I started the day with was the best I'd ever eaten, I think the one I ended the day with was the worst. It was made of pineapple and apple and was topped with - hang on - salt, vinegar, lemon juice, peanuts and sliced carrots. Very bizarre and not tasty at all.
We also celebrated a little bit yesterday. The plan had been to have a big party with everyone in the house because Lea is leaving today, but since it was raining so much we had to cancel it. Apparently nothing happens when it rains here. Everyone just sits inside waiting for it to stop. If that was the case in Sweden not much would happen... Anyways, instead of the grande fête we made some cake and had some people coming over.
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| a Mozambican girl and the Norwegian girl |
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| Lea | | |
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| On the balcony |
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| There was another birthday party going on at the cultural club next to our house |
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| roof inspection |
So my friends, this is how you can spend your birthday in Maputo.
Today we were supposed to go to Inhaca, an island two hours by boat from here, but after waiting for half an hour or so for the weather report this morning at the pier we heard that today's boat was cancelled. So we go tomorrow instead.
It really seams you had a good time celebrating!
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