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| A view of the port while we were on a ferry taking us to Catembe |
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| Ferries are a very popular mode of transport in Maputo. All these people were either getting of or trying to get on one |
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| I took this picture at the Catembe Gallery Hotel |
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| Unfortunately I could not get a better picture of that yellow ferry because my baby was clingy |
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| I had a nightmarish experience after being stung by a Portuguese man 'o war otherwise known as the bluebottle jellyfish. I would have wept if my children had not been around. I don't remember ever being in so much agony before. It felt like I had been seared by a hot wire. I thought i had been bitten by a snake. All I could think to say when I left that place was, "You heartless beach!" |
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| The bluebottle jellyfish. How so dead and harmless it looks, yet so unbelievably evil L |
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| That stringy thing is like a thin thread and when it got onto my skin it felt like it wanted to penetrate the skin. I think if you left it on it would penetrate, but you won't because the pain is so incredibly intense. |
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| I was left with what looked like burn marks on my arms. And there was an intense burning sensation. |
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| Two days after the marks turned red |
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| The legacy of the jellyfish a month later. Looks like I will have scars to show when, in 20 years time, I tell my grandchildren about the day I got stung by the bluebottle jellyfish |
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| The water in Maputo is quite murky. In other places I heard it was clear. |
oh my gosh charlo that looks scary
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