Chicuque - cooking

Photos of our adventures in cooking.

Suraya fetching water...


Picking the rocks (and bugs) out of the rice...


Tia Hortência prepping some veggies...


Tia Hortência roasting peanuts...


Suraya frying fish...


The girls making a cake...

Chicuque - the beach

Last weekend I took advantage of a four-day weekend to take a trip up to Chicuque - the village I served in as a Peace Corps volunteer - to get out of the city and visit some old friends. For those of you who never saw photos from my Peace Corps days....here you go.

Chicuque is a fishing village right on Inhambane bay, and has a beautiful beach. This is the path down to the beach...




The beach, with some of the fishing boats...


The girls I was with, playing around...


Lobster traps...

Ladies Night III (the video)

I had to take some video...

Ladies Night II

The second part of the entertainment (again, I think the pictures speak for themselves)....

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The grand finale...

Ladies Night I

About a week and a half ago, my roommate's bar held a very special event. Ladies' Night. They only allowed ladies into the bar from 10-12, and the cover to get in paid for all you can drink cocktails during those hours. There was also some very special entertainment hired....actually, I think the pictures say it all.

The ladies....Ermelinda, me, Rhett (one of my roommates), Cynthia and Sara








The first part of the entertainment (they didn't do anything other than serve drinks.....but they did so shirtless)...

Videos!

Okay....so I got a friend to take some photos and video at my Mozambican dance class. The sound on the video isn't that great, but hopefully you can get the idea of what it is like.

A photo. Note all of the guys on the stage - those are our musicians who play for us every class.



A video of a dance called Niketche...


A video of a dance called Mutxungoyo. This isn't one that we've all learned, so watch the three people in the front. The two guys are our teachers and the girl in the middle is part of the national dance troupe (she comes to our class to help teach).

O Mercado de Peixe

As promised, here are some photos from my excursion to the fish market last weekend. How it works is that you but fresh seafood from the ladies in the market and then take it to the surrounding restaurants and have them cook it up for you.

Here's a sample of the kinds of things you can buy...








Things you can also do at the fish market...

Get your nails painted (always by a man).


Buy stuff! There are always guys selling art, crafts, and burned CDs. My roommate Rhett made a choice selection....