Maputo
This is our first full weekend in Maputo. We decided we should go see some of the sights. We have already seen the Natural History Museum so today's plan was to see the craft market, the municipal market, and the train-station. The train-station was ranked by Newsweek as one of the top 10 most impressive train-stations around the world so we figured it was worth seeing.
All of these sights were within the same block so we made our way out in the morning. On the way, we also passed by a garden which is a very loose application of the word. It may have been a park once but everything is overgrown and not maintained at all. More like an urban jungle.
Next to it is the 'Iron House". This was apparently built by some European designer who thought it would be cool to make the house all out of metal for the future governor. Unfortunately, it seems like he failed to realize this country's average temperatures are in the 70s and in the summer will reach into the 90s with 100% humidity.... Needless to say, the governor did not want to live there and it has now been converted into a museum.
The Iron House. Less impressive than it sounds. i thought it would be all iron running up but it's more like metal covers around the outside of the house.
the entrance to the gardens. probably the nicest most maintained part of the park but it's sign was missing....
a street view of one of the buildings.
a far away picture of the train-station. unfortunately can't appreciate it's color but it has a mint-tint green to it. Lots of people cluster outside of it to catch the bus. Not much inside the train-station itself but lots of open space and quiet.
Spent rest of day in home. Got chewed up my mosquitoes even though I had the net on.... hopefully no malaria and our chemoprophylaxis is kicked in
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