This blog is for the last two days as I didnt get a chance to do it yesterday as I was so pissed I couldnt understand english lol
If I had to use a few words to describe the Barra-Cuda Lodge it would be WOW and WOW talk about position, ok lets try and find fault with this joint ummmmm give me a sec im looking around but keep getting side tracked by the ocean yeah bloody noisy thing it is, if it wasnt so far away id go jump in but that 50 odd metres might be the end of me ok side tracked aside the faults with this place are the owners Mari-zanne (Mickey) and Gerhard nahh their brilliant ok the locals nahhh their amazing the place where I have to sleep well shit thats comfortable too ummm come on dick head theres got to be something ummm shit give me a break for f$%^ sake ill find something ill blog what happened yesterday and maybe something will come up……………. ok im back dont you hate that getting side tracked by a nap, waking up to that god awful noise the ocean makes, how do you spell that noise any way arrrshoooo shhhhooooo give me peice and quiet its like having a missus ahahahah no nothing is that bad ok at least here you could send her off on some wild adventure the 50 metres to the beach.
Ok back to my blog im trying to find fault with this joint and just walked out on the balcony overlooking the ocean and realized the joint next door is like 5 metres closer to the beach, whats the world coming too then again that would put me 20 metres further from the fridge and bar so im not exactly sure if I should be complaining about that.
Shit there you go I just got off my hump and checked the rest of this hut house what ever you want to call it and it’s a fully self contained place so that few metres to the fridege actually just shortened down to about 3 that will teach me to whinge hey.
Ok back to my blog im over whinging about my digs and im sure your sick of hearing about the struggles I have to go through in life as well not to mention that Ilaoise and Sara are batting for the other side…now we are talking but ill come back to that later in the daily blog, shit i might never get to the end with that bloody noisy ocean carrying on like it is outside that fly screen wall, ok ill give it my best shot.
Got up reasonably early at the Flamingo Bay Water Lodge, yeah nice joint, had a good brekkie wasnt into the bacon and eggs ive had a gutfull of that stuff so just went the cereal and toast which was ok. Look this joint was nice but wheres the friggin flamingos, i was waiting for a thousand pink birds hanging outside my room at least that would of given me something to complain about squark squark squark i can just imagine. At the Flamingo bay your a million miles from anywhwere Ok its likeabout a 500 metre walk along the walkway to the restaurant and im not joking I wouldnt stay there again its likea walkathon, there is golf buggys to drive you but there not on hand all the time so to get my computer and walk back to breakfast was like seriously a k or two walk.
Hang on ill be back in a minute this blogging is hard work im off for a swim in the ocean, friggin hell you realize how far that is away, times are tough.
Back again this time i’ll see if I can finish the blog . Well checked out of the Flamingo Bay and jumped on the bike, the Barra – cuda Lodge is only a few k’s down the road so just strapped my gear to the bike and rode over. Bumped into Mari-zanne (Mickey) and Gerhard on the road they saw my bike and stopped, theres not to many dudes riding around Bmw’s so that was cool.
Was just going into one of the other lodges to look in the shop for a sticker for my bike so they gave me directions and off they went.
Arrived at Barra-cuda Lodge and was greeted by Mari-Zanne and Gerhard and came inside to sit down and have a drink. Seriously this place is amazing right on the beach and only 350 rand per person, if your coming during the South African school holidays make a booking but any other time of the year just lob in, you want be disapointed. This part of the world you can go swim with whale sharks and manta rays deep which I would of loved to do but the best months for that are july August apparently and as they have had some big storms here recently the water visibilty isnt the best. Theres plenty of deep sea fishing and by what I see of the locals carrying up the beach pretty dam good fishing at that.
A few of the local lads came over for a drink in the afternoon and Sara turned up she had left Ilaoise in there restaurant working. We all hung around then went over to the beach for a swim and came back for some more drinks. The boys all took off for awhile to sort out some stuff so I rode up to ther local bar to get some rum and coke for us. i ended up about an hour sat and had a drink with the local boys at the bar all really friendly.
Headed back to the Barra-Cuda lodge and eventually joined Mickey and Sara in the spa on the deck and having a few drinks. After awhile i convinced the girls to go for a walk up to the bar I was at earlier the guy running the joint was so cool and spoke good english so off we went. Hung there for a few hours and then eventually headed back to the lodge and all the crew had arrived back there. Hung around for a little while everyone was getting pretty wasted by this time well actually shitfaced so of course as you do we decided to hit the clubs in Tofu. All the boys piled in the 4×4 and off we went along the beach track crazy drive I must say onto the beach winding in and out coconut trees and laughing and having fun the whole way.
Eventually got to Tofu, by tar road its about 20 minutes this back track took probably close to an hour but totally safe cause there was a top speed of about 15 kilometers an hour and pretty much the only danger was getting bogged. Did the pub crawl through Tofu was a lot of fun jibbering crap as you do with anyone that would listen. The owner of the first bar Natalie came over for a chat probably wanted to see who this mad Australian dude was running around wild in her club. The boys came found me and gave me the we’re going to the next place so off we went. Gets a bit foggy after that the tequila shots were starting to take their toll on all of us. Ended up doing three clubs in Tofu so im sure thats probably a good wack of the dingy nightspots of Tofu and they were all alot of fun.
Got home safely eventually we lost one of the boys when we stopped for a piss stop and we drove off without him, fortunatly for him it was on the home stretch and he only had to walk a k or two home.
Karel turned up this morning with grazes and scratches all over him no one seems to know much about what happened and he cant shed light on it either hes obviously fallen over somewhere through the night lol
So went to bed and hit the fart sack and slept like a baby and woke to the view of the ocean through the mesh wall, amazing great first thing to see in the morning bloody beautiful.
So today been trying to blog in between swims in the ocean and a ride around the local area this afternoon back into Inhambane and down to Tofu which is pretty nice as well and more of a township where as this is just all lodges with no real village centre.
The boys came back over this afternoon one of them cooked dinner, chicken and chips was really nice actually and im sure its nice to have a chef in the crew always.
Tomorrow im leaving for Vilanculas which by all reports is beautiful too. Its such a shame i have to rush through these spots I could certainly get comfortable here but its a spot I would definately come back to without a doubt. Times a ticking to get to Ethiopia so as much as I’d love to stay move on I will, but whatever you do if your thinking of coming to this part of the plant do yourself a big favour and come to the Barra-Cuda Lodge its great.










