Indian Ocean... check!

We often comment to each other that we would like to set foot on all 7 continents and see all 4 oceans. Notice I said "see" all four oceans, as I have no intention of putting my little piggies in the Arctic. Let's just say that I'm always cold so long dangerous excursions to Antarctica aren't high on my list, but we will see if Dan changes my mind. (Hey! He succeeded on changing my mind on Africa and it's been pretty incredible thus far! Maybe he knows what he's talking about, haha.)

We've been very fortunate in our 6.5 years together. We met in Europe, obviously we lived in North America and now Africa. We honeymooned in Southeast Asia, and did a New Years trip a few years ago to Australia... leaving us with South America and Antarctica to go. We've been to the Atlantic and Pacific and now the Indian Ocean. Now, to be fair, we're still not sure what ocean Phuket, Thailand counts for. We believe it could be Indian but also could be some obscure body of water. That said, we have now FOR SURE been to the Indian Ocean.

We took a taxi to a hotel on that side of Maputo with the assumption that they would have beach access and we could just sneak through. Unfortunately, we were failed by Google/Apple Maps which made it appear that the hotel was on the water, but, in reality, it's atop a hill. The hotel is beautiful but no access to the sand. So we decided to go on a walk to another hotel. We weaved through streets, walked past the President's Residence (as evidenced by a crazy helipad on top of a mansion), and ended up at another lovely hotel that actually had "sand-access". We were disappointed to find that there are no chairs on the beach and we didn't have towels. To top it off, there was a hefty breeze coming off the water. The kind that is lovely when you're sitting on a deck with a cocktail, but requires picking sand out of all orifices for the next week if you tried to go down to the beach (spoken like a true Floridian!)

Alas, we found a lovely little beach bar and hung out watching the water and the fisherman. Afterwards we walked next door to a little seafood restaurant that was full of people. Had some lunch and slowly made our way back to our side of town. So, just in case the Indian Ocean hadn't been accomplished before... it is now!