From Malawi, we crossed into Mozambique where we spent one night in Tete – a city with nothing to offer, except for an amazing free hotel stay that we were lucky to receive. After a too short night in one of the comfiest beds in a while, we took a flight South to Maputo – the capital of Mozambique.

We only planned to spend half a day here, as there is not much to see and do. Supposedly, it’s a great city to party – but as we were not there on a weekend, I can’t judge that. Instead, we headed for a short walk to see the city’s main sights. I really liked the main cathedral which looks very modern, although it was built from 1936-44 already.

Right next to it were the Municipality (nothing special), the Independence Square (just a big square with a statue) and the so-called Iron House. That one was a bit more special again – a house entirely built out of iron. It was supposed to be used as a seat for the government, but proved to be a bad idea as it got too hot inside the iron house (no way…who could have guessed!?). Haha.

We continued our walk down to the city fortress, which again was not too exciting. Maputo – we didn’t expect much from you, and we were right. It’s not a bad city, but there’s just not much to it.