Global Poverty Monitor

[After the drive to Tete.] We then left for the hotels. They boys were staying in a different hotel than the girls – more luxurious apparently, but they had a bug problem and we didn’t. We were in a rest house of sorts – in the middle of Tete city, with a big staircase and long corridors of rooms. Each room had two single beds, a TV (that we couldn’t get to work, I don’t know if the others had more luck!) and an air conditioner. There was one bathroom for the whole corridor (about 6 or 7 double rooms) and quite a few toilets, some of which were locked.

We looked in some shops in Tete city; a dress shop, a material shop, and then walked around. It was pretty dangerous – the most unsafe I have felt on the whole trip. Unfortunately about half of us were wearing World Vision t-shirts, and some had their Australian flag tattoos visible, even on the face, so we did draw some attention. The difference in atmosphere between the city and rural areas is amazing. Although I suppose that could be because the only places we really went in rural Tete were trips that had been organized in our honour, with our group representing World Vision. Tete city for a tourist is really no different to Maputo as a tourist – you want to keep your wits about you and stay in a group.