A picture of homeliness... the herb garden.15th Dec 2007
Mangochi town is reasonably big- with 2 petrol stations, a restaurant, small (drygoods) supermarket, bookshop, agriculture co-op, bakery (of sorts) and the bustling market place that sells everything from eggs and veggies to DVD’s and cloth-if you know where to look. It is slowly being re-built after it burnt down a few months back. Mangochi is the last ‘major’ town on the ‘highway’ heading to southern Mozambique border crossing, so it’s built around a wide road with a strip of bitumen down the middle. All other streets are dust- or puddles at the moment. The town taxi service are guys on push bikes with a narrow wooden board attached over the back wheel as a seat.
My home for the next 2 years is a spacious western style place. The floors are lino/concrete with glass louvers and bars in all the windows. Its simply furnished and homely which is nice. There is a lot of lawn, trees with little possums and mango trees that are loaded right now (Im devouring 3 small mangoes a day while they last as the season is almost over) and a huge veggie patch run by our gardener - Im not sure if Im allowed to touch yet :). Next door plays a lot of loud music, and on the other side is a small cow pen where about 15 cows get locked in for the night. Great smell on a hot, still afternoon.
Mangochi town is reasonably big- with 2 petrol stations, a restaurant, small (drygoods) supermarket, bookshop, agriculture co-op, bakery (of sorts) and the bustling market place that sells everything from eggs and veggies to DVD’s and cloth-if you know where to look. It is slowly being re-built after it burnt down a few months back. Mangochi is the last ‘major’ town on the ‘highway’ heading to southern Mozambique border crossing, so it’s built around a wide road with a strip of bitumen down the middle. All other streets are dust- or puddles at the moment. The town taxi service are guys on push bikes with a narrow wooden board attached over the back wheel as a seat.
My home for the next 2 years is a spacious western style place. The floors are lino/concrete with glass louvers and bars in all the windows. Its simply furnished and homely which is nice. There is a lot of lawn, trees with little possums and mango trees that are loaded right now (Im devouring 3 small mangoes a day while they last as the season is almost over) and a huge veggie patch run by our gardener - Im not sure if Im allowed to touch yet :). Next door plays a lot of loud music, and on the other side is a small cow pen where about 15 cows get locked in for the night. Great smell on a hot, still afternoon.
Our house...is a very very nice house...
The garden...all ready to be planted with the rains.
My street. I don't know its name- It probably doesnt have one. This is the view towards town from our front gate.
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