Tofo

I will call this the greatest place on earth to vacation.  If you are not looking for a lavish and expensive outing.  Let's paint a picture shall we?  Tofo is on the peninsula of the province of Inhambane.  It's a small town that thrives off of tourism.  The main road runs parallel to the beach, but is a few blocks inland, so the beach is used as often as the road as the preferred route.  When I say road, I mean a path of sand.  Everything is sand, not pavement and everyone can walk barefoot.  It's easier this way too.  The only things there really are in the town are the market, a couple hostels (but not many), some dive shops, and some restaurants.  The tourism is obvious, but it's not suffocating.  The locals in the town center interact really well with all the tourists so you don't feel like you're invading or anything...it's hard to describe.  The area was also extremely safe.  We walked to and from town in the light or dead of night.  People say hi as they pass, but there is literally no feelings of danger - a nice change of pace from the areas of South Africa I have been around.  Our hostel was at the edge of the area.  It was a 20 minute walk down the beach from the town center.  Bamboozi.

Bamboozi was really just a collection of huts on the beach.  The whole area was sand and you could rent a bed, a whole hut, or just pitch a tent or park a camper.  There were a lot of campers, but we were the only people in our dorm.  On the top of the dune overlooking the ocean was a bar and restaurant where we ate dinner once, but mainly just used for breakfast.  The beach was quite deserted because we were so far away from town.  The water was beautiful and really warm.  Serious paradise. 

 

So this is where we were staying.  A beautiful ocean town that will seriously haunt me forever.  Everyone needs to see this place for themselves.

We got in on Monday and settled into our room.  We spent the remaining time of daylight in the sun before getting dinner and drinks at the bar and calling it an early night.  Bus rides and early mornings really tire me out.