Give nothing to fear in to you (or how to get a place, you know travel Nothing about)
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I sat with my new friends on Thanksgiving night in Tofo, Mozambique. Our food was slow to come, so we decided to pay homage to the nature of holiday pay and talk about what we were thankful.
At this moment, I could not believe that I was surrounded by so many amazing people who had arrived from different corners of the earth here, all in the same way that I had. By word of mouth There were two blonde California girl here thanks to the Peace Corps, a clever Aussie Brunet, who had completed only part of his doctoral thesis in a city in the north, another American who had come on a whim and did all laugh with him and few others from North America and Switzerland. We were so happy and relaxed as could be. Any person giving of thanks was beautiful and deeper than the last, some even bring tears to your eyes.
Just a few weeks earlier, I had by traveling through Mozambique was petrified. There were a lot of question marks, and I was able to find some answers online. I only knew a little about the country, what my friends from South Africa told me: Mozambique is a former Portuguese colony is recovering from a civil war that ended in 1992, it is coasts, on the border of South Africa's east coast. It is absolutely gorgeous. With seafood fresh from the sea for a few dollars, and long stretches of beaches with endless sandbanks and baby-blue water
But I also knew that Mozambique is through travel is not an easy country. The police are corrupt, and the buses used by the locals, known as chapas , only van with bald tires, which can accommodate 20 persons are usually but 40. squeeze It's a bit of tourism infrastructure in some key points, but beyond that it is full of bad roads and secrets.
Apart from warnings and scary statistics, there is not much information online about the country. While female solo travelers looking for accounts, I stumbled on a forum on a diving board from 2013 to advise a poster to think twice to go when she was handsome. A book in the Lonely Planet Thorntree Forum, not much more was encouraging; it related to a blog entry that explained that Mozambique is the hardest country in which the author had traveled through: they had been robbed, it was too expensive, and they chose their journey short cut. I began to wonder if I would find anything positive at all
Then I remembered something. There are many misconceptions about Africa. People tend to be a terribly dangerous place to think and forget about it is that it also nice people, beautiful scenery, good food, and unique adventures are found.
Similarly, before I went for the first time to South Africa, a few friends from home expressed deep concern that I travel through a country, it would be perceived as too dangerous to cross me free. They warned me against Ebola (which had come not even to infiltrate near South Africa), rape and violence. In reality, I found that with the right precautions, traveling there was no problem, and that fear is often more limiting than helpful.
Likewise, when it came to Mozambique, I knew it was irrational fear hold me. back
And then I realized - travel to a country as there is little information is the same in any other place than the World
to find out the visa requirements! (which I looked after in Johannesburg, South Africa, to proceed).
to make sure that you have the correct vaccinations (I care doctor at a travel took in Johannesburg, which for much cheaper gave me anti-malaria pills, as they in the US would have been or Europe).
ask if already on the ground for the best transportation method . From Johannesburg, which is a knowledge Cape or Greyhound bus.
ask locals to your first stop, where to go . The guys I couchsurfed come with in Johannesburg in spades when they told me to a beach called city head Tofo.
They remain friendly and curious upon arrival, and hold your head high and keep your back straight when to ask questions and negotiate with taxi drivers and dealing with border crossing guards.
in Mozambique Traveling I attended had just turned to any other place, like traveling. I found it when I went, I was friendly and attentive, and I asked locals and expats who had lived there questions whenever I got the chance. I realized that there was no reason to be concerned - that I had done this before a thousand times in a number of countries and cities around the world
There were a few times I dangerous situations occur .. The chapas were so packaging and dangerous that I resorted hitchhiking to get around instead. It was actually the safer option!
And there were times when things did not make sense, for example, if I had to go to the airport to a flight out, just reserve because the online systems weren 't work , Once I got there, the staff had to work between three computers to book the ticket in fact, since each was a bit broken but still worked one aspect of the book. The ordeal lasted an hour and a half, but it was only the norm.
So order your food is two hours before you want it, because it takes just as long. And a couple of friends of mine, who had driven a car a fine, payable to the police because they had pockets in the back seat and the "seats are for people, not bags."
Such is Mozambique. It is frustrating and difficult in so many ways, but it's so stunning and full of smiles. I learned so much about the culture, humanity and patience, while I was there. I was admitted in a way that does not just happen in Europe or the US. People would me, inviting me to show "the real Mozambique," and I would all night and end up dancing with a handful of new friends. Nowhere all has become so challenging and rewarding at the same time.
The bonus was that I made all these discoveries on white sand beaches with turquoise waters full of whale sharks and manta rays. The icing was that I pay less than the equivalent of $ 30 per day for the privilege.
The country was not that scary, and it certainly was not as expensive as the message boards led me to believe (Mozambique is the only country I have visited, the me for a single girl has doubled in a private bungalow charge!). I was glad that I did not leave my overactive imagination and win irrational fear.
I know that you go somewhere never been, with limited available information can be extremely unnerving. Compound. With the fact that I was traveling in "scary, scary" Africa, and it is even more daunting
However, I was again shown that get left in the lurch fear in the way of what could be a wonderful travel experience is a mistake. I had a chance to meet an amazing team, and be most important of all, to a challenge solo and dominate. I still had a chance to prove myself that I am capable of, and that I still prefer solo travel after all. I have a new country, that few people visit intimately knowing and the good times far outweighed by far the bad times ten. No, times a million. The same goes for you happen.
It just takes a bit of courage, fear, kill monsters, and confidence in himself.
Kristin Addis is a former investment banker who sold all their belongings and offer California farewell favor of solo travels through Asia, while for those looking off-the-beaten-path adventures. There is almost nothing that they will not try, and almost nowhere they will not discover. You can find more of her thoughts at MyTravel his muse or on Twitter and Facebook
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