São Tomé e Príncipe – escaping Covid
Hello again! Long time no see! As you may know, I worked for TAP Air Portugal for two years, as a flight attendant, a job that ended (temporarily, I hope!) last April because of the pandemic. From traveling every week, to having to stay in the same place for so long,...
3 day tour to the Desert from Marrakesh, Morocco
In 2016 I went to Morocco for the first time. Foreigners who do not need a visa for Portugal can be in Portugal for a period of three months, renewable for another three months and then have to leave the Schengen area and re-enter so that time starts counting from...
Treichville Market, Abidjan
African markets, the most exotic, colorful and interesting places I have ever visited! Whenever I am somewhere in Africa I try to visit a market and this visit to Abidjan was no different! The Treichville Market! The whole sensory experience is mesmerizing, the...
What to do in Maputo
Mozambique's last post, the post about Maputo, the capital. On this trip Maputo was like a place of passage, first on the way to Pemba, then between Ilha de Moçambique and Kruger, with the arrival of Clara, and finally a few days before returning to Lisbon. We were...
Kruger National Park, three day safari in South Africa
One of the things we were sure when we decided to go to Mozambique was that we would go to Kruger National Park in neighboring South Africa. We knew we wanted to stay in the park for more than one day, sleep inside the park and not in the hotels near the gates and we...
From Namaacha to Ponta do Ouro – weekend in the outskirts of Maputo
The return from Mozambique Island to Maputo marked the midpoint of our vacation and meant the beginning of a new cycle with the arrival of my sister Clara to Mozambique the next morning. In the first two days we were in Maputo, before going north, we met my friend...
The island is magic! – Mozambique Island
The island is magic! Tell those who live there and tell those who visit it! The island changes lives, those who visit the island are not indifferent, some change their lives so that the island is part of it. I’m speaking about Mozambique island, the first capital of...
On a dhow boat to Goa Island
We arrived at Mozambique Island and had at home a beautiful lunch waiting for us, prepared by Wimbi, our cousin’s bright and friendly cook. After that he wanted to show us the island. Five minutes from home Fortress of São Sebastião is to be found, which we decided to...
From Pemba to Mozambique Island to Nampula
As I wrote you in the last post we went to Mozambique on holidays for 20 days to know the roots of my mother side of the family. First Pemba, where my grandmother's family comes from, then the Island of Mozambique, where one of our cousins owns a house and spends half...
Pemba, Mozambique – A balcony to the Indic Ocean
We finally came to Mozambique! Why finally? Because my mother was born here, in the past Lourenço Marques, the third generation born in Mozambique and the fifth touching African soil. The difference is that my grandparents took her to Portugal when she was two months...
Exploring the markets of Accra
For my second time in Accra I did not want to repeat the “mistake” of the first time, when I hardly left the hotel! Obviously in these places I have some reservations to leave the hotel alone and since the last time nobody of the crew wanted to go exploring, I had to...
Monte Café and surroundings, São Tomé
On the second day of our layover in São Tomé we woke up with an authentic tropical storm! Winds that seemed to have the strength to pluck palm trees and a rain so strong that it did not let us see beyond half a dozen meters. Still we left the hotel because we had...
São Tomé – the way to Praia-Piscina
I have a German friend, Elena, teaching in São Tomé for three months so I asked for this flight, a great excuse to visit this beautiful island! Since I already have the right of travel facilities (aka take friends at special prices), my friend Mariana decided to...
Casablanca – visiting Hassan II Mosque
Last stop in Morocco: Casablanca. When we were planning the trip we began to realize that we wanted to visit several cities and that it did not make much sense to fly in and back from Marrakech. So we decided that we would return from Casablanca. We then had to decide...
Rabat, capital of Morocco
Third stop in Morocco: Rabat! We caught a train from Marrakesh, super comfortable! Four hours of travel and approximately € 15 per person. I advise you to buy food beforehand because they warned us that the food they sell on board is bad and expensive. In Rabat we...
Essaouira – 1 day trip
An easy onde day trip from Marrakesh is Essaouira (former Portuguese town of Mogador). We chose to buy the tour at the Riad itself (230dh per person) – the alternative would be a taxi, which would only compensate if we were four, or bus, which was more or less the...
Returning to Marrakech
Traveling alone has its advantages, but being accompanied is always more interesting. Being impossible to go on vacation with my Mexican, my mother proposed to take a few days off, days that became a week and the two of us turned four. Several destinations have been...
Ivory-Coast: a warm New Years Eve
Every month we can request TAP to do a certain flight based on a scoring system – each month they give us 6 points and for each asked destination they give us they take us out 16 points, something exaggerated … So and because I like to choose where I fly, I always...
Fishermen of Labadi, Accra
I woke up at La Palm Beach Resort before the alarm clock ringed. The forecast was of a rainy day and indeed dawned gray. I still had more than an hour before having breakfast with the rest of the crew, so I decided to go for a walk on the grounds of the hotel. As the...
Fishermen of Santana – São Tomé
The crew meeting hour to depart and discover the island was scheduled for 9am, but the short stroll around the hotel the night before made me realize that it would be worth exploring its surroundings before leaving to the south of the island. I decided not to close...
São Tomé – Perspective from a moving car
I never imagined going to São Tomé in my first month of TAP, but through the exchange system, I managed to do it. The layover in São Tomé is one of the most desired, not only for the destination itself, but also because is one the places where we stay longer. In this...
Tunisia – Oasis circuit in 4×4
Another family trip, this one in 2008, “powered by” Abreu Viagens. Nowadays and with the age that I have, I avoid these tours with everything organized, but in this case I think it was a great way to get to know the whole country and in a very fun way, since the group...
Maputo by Gonçalo Salgado – Stories from out there #8
Gonçalo is 27 years old, is IT Manager and went to Maputo with his girlfriend, Débora, five years ago. He says he decided to leave Portugal for the professional challenge because in our country, at the technological level, there is very little to do, unlike Mozambique...
Accra by Bruno Machado – Stories from out there #3
Bruno is a civil engineer, is 44 years old and he knows me since I was born. He left Portugal 7 years ago due to the economic crisis, even stronger in the building sector, but he is living in Ghana just since last October. Before that he lived in Cabo Verde for more...
Cairo and Giza Pyramids
I went to Egypt in 2009 with my father, stepmother and sister. We flew first to Cairo, where we stayed for a few days and then flew to Luxor where we began our cruise on the Nile, passing through all the important ancient cities. My impression of Cairo was great! Of...
Marrakesh – so close and yet so different
Last year in May Jorge and I travelled to Morocco. I was pretty excited, as it was one of the close destinations I always wanted to visit. From the airplane we could see how diverse the landscape was, but also how dry and hot everything should be. We flew to Marrakech...
