Vilanculos

Et besøg fra Danmark måtte jo unægtelig betyde lidt ferie og lidt rejseri. Ane, Rikke og jeg valgte at turen skulle gå til Vilanculos ca. 10 timers kørsel nord for Maputo.

A visit from Denmark necessarily had to end up with a bit of vacation and a bit of traveling. Ane, Rikke and I chose to go to Vilanculos, 10 hour’s drive north of Maputo.

En bil blev lejet og af sted var vi – ♪♫ ”på vej’n igen, vi var li’ en tur på vej’n igen, ud og se på hvordan landet ligger hen…♪♫” og ja, hvad man kan sige til det er at landet lå smukt hen og at vejen af og til var lidt hullet…

A car was rented and on the road we where – ♪♫ “On the road again…just can't wait to get on the road again, goin' places that I've never been …” ♪♫ (the lyrics of this songs makes great sense in the Danish translation…but in this context I admit that it is not quite the same en English….). Anyway, the land was beautiful, the mood in the car was excellent and the road was…. well, with a bit of holes…

….selvom børnene da bestemt så ud til at gøre deres med at fylde hullerne med jord (i håb om at nogle af de forbi kørende vil betale for tjenesten)

…even though the kids did their job on filling out the holes with soil ( with the hope that some of the passing cars might drop a coin or two for the favour)

Turen var lang, men bestemt det værd. Ikke at Vilanculos i sig selv er så forfærdelig spændende. Det er de øerne udfor kysten til gengæld, så det er bare op i en båd og af sted…

The trip was long but it was definitely worth it. Not that Vilanculos is especially interesting, what is interesting are the islands near the coast, so we jumped in a boat and off we went…

Og der var snorkling og badning...
And there were snorkling and swimming...

Og der var lækker frokost på stranden…
And there were delicious lunch on the beach…

Og der var afslapning i skyggen…
And there were relaxation in the shadows…

Og der var dykning…
And there were diving…

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Og det var dejligt...
And it was lovely…

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....så dejligt at selv ikke engang bilen ville hjem… den gjorde hvad den kunne for at blive og havde allieret sig med en lille ven….en meget lille ven men ikke desto mindre betydelig nok til at forstyrre vores hjemtur.

...so lovely that even the car didnt want to go home…and it did what it could to get stay longer, like allying itself with this little friend… this very little friend that nevertheless managed to disrupt our trip home.

Heldigvis var hjælpen nær...
Fortunately help was near....

vi fik lappet dækket og vi var…
we got the tire fixed and could go…..


♪♫ på vej’n igen, vi var li’ en tur på vej’n igen….
♪♫ On the road again…



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