The rest of the first half of the 2000 or so km back home went pretty much without any incident. We are still amazed about the progress and growth in this country – especially in the South. As we drove further north, things become more and more rural and toilet facilities for example deteriorated with each day. 🙂 Still, this is a beautiful country and driving up the coast always provide some awesome scenery! [cid:image001.jpg@01CD2188.BEAFBEF0] [cid:image002.jpg@01CD2188.BEAFBEF0] All went well, until we were close to the Zambezi river on our 3rd day on the road… Shortly after passing a very busy north-south, east-west crossing, our friends had a flat tire. It was a weird break on the side of a brand new tire and at that time we were still driving (mostly) on (mostly) good paved roads. Francois changed the tire and while he was busy, a man passed our vehicles talking on the phone. Francois caught part of the conversation… “no, let’s leave it. There are two vehicles now”… We then realized that the tire was probably slashed by someone while our friends were waiting at a filling station a little way back. (A common “practise” in a neighbouring country, but not in Mozambique). At that time, we made a quick detour to buy something in town and our friends were waiting on their own. The perpetrators must have thought that they are a soft target – an elderly couple in a SA registered vehicle, obviously packed to the brim. However, we came away from this incident with “only” a tire less.
Again, the Lord protected us from possible disaster! Thank you Lord! [cid:image003.jpg@01CD2188.BEAFBEF0]
