Today after school, we set out on journey to find a good old fashioned sunset. Admittedly we could already see that it was going to be slightly cloudy, but what else is there to do on a Friday night in Mozambique? The answer is, not much, possibly drink, unless you have transport.
We also decided that on the way to this crap sunset, it would be a good idea to round up a few more kids for school on Monday. Since the turnout for the past week wasn't so good, it was time to speak to the parents. The school is completely free so they can't really say no. Oh, and when I say 'speak to the parents', what I really meant was, Francis would speak to the parents and Sue and I would stand there and look pretty…well I did anyway.
So, off we trotted towards the sunset. And what's this we should come across whilst walking along the main path, past the shacks and school children? Oh it's only a cow being tightly bound to tree by it's head, just about ready to have it's throat slit!!
Needless to say, we didn't stop for long. Apparently it had failed to give birth and the calf had died inside it 3 or so days ago. I'm not an expert but they didn't seem to think it had much chance of survival.
Anyway, by the time we'd gone round the corner, on account of all the singing and shouting, we realised we'd just avoided the slaughter. Thankful and relieved we turned another corner and found a shit load of live cows. The fencing and the cows and their horns we like a work of art. I've attempted to do it justice in these pictures but I'm not sure you'll get the full picture.
Since there was no other way back, we had to walk past our favourite freshly slain carcass. Fortunately for my stomach, there wasn't much blood so naturally, I decided to take a picture!
It occurred to Sue and I that as well as dead african cows, we'd never seen cotton growing in a field either. Cue the next picture:
A few more cotton fields and shacks later I managed to find a genuine African cliché! This wasn't even set up or anything, even though I had to zoom in a bit, I'm pretty happy with it. Look at the colours and stuff!
Anyway, that's all really, the sunset wasn't too bad after all either. Just another day in Inhassune, Mozambique.
And if anyone wants a more accurate location of the village, it's exactly here. You can even see the football pitch and the well worn paths that cross it!
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