Ibo Island 27th December 2018
View from the Island Lodge
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This was stepping back in time- a stroll round an open air museum. We entered the church & chatted to a 90yr old before reaching the fort |
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Built in 1781 and last restored in 1953, the Fort of São João Baptista do Ibo is the second largest fortification of Mozambique. Star-shaped and located next to the sea, the fortress has interior buildings, able to house about 300 men, and a chapel, as well as 15 iron cannon.
Today the fort is home to several of Ibo’s legendary silversmiths, who work on fine sliver jewellery in rooms underneath the fort’s battlements, but it’s history is violent and bloody as a slave trading station
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We ended our tour of the island with a stop at the Island Lodge with its breadfruit trees for drinks & a swim- bliss! |
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Then the Boyzz drove our zodiac back to the ship
Durante la noche el barco tuvo problemas tecnicos y utilizo solo uno de sus motores: asi llegamos a la isla de Ibo con 5/6 horas de retraso y no pudimos salir a un banco de arena para nadar por la manana. Pero pudimos desembarcar antes de las dos para un paseo por las ruinas (casi) del pueblo antiguo, la capital de la region hace mas de un siglo. Era uno de los mas antiguos pueblos de Mozambique - para mi el punto culminante, hasta ahora, de nuestro viaje. Al fin de paseo habia refrescos en un hotel y pudimos nadar en su piscina. El viaje de regreso en zodiac, a las seis de la tarde, duro casi una hora, con olas grandes y relampagas en la distancia- vacaciones?! Llegamos al barco totalemente empapados!
Onto Kilwa-Kisiwani