The Paris crew, plus Andrea, Cecile and Alex were almost the last to arrive at the Moz airport. We got in around 3pm and met up with a bunch of the other team members: Sam, Sarah, Joceyln, Kelsey, Carin, Sue, Steve, Dan and Jen. Nada was going to meet us at the hotel as she was already in Moz doing some scuba diving and Angela was scheduled to come in the next day due to a flight cancellation. We threw our bags in to one van and then piled in to the other for our 3.5hr drive to Xai Xai. It was warm, the sky is the bluest, clearest blue you've ever seen, there were people everywhere walking barefoot through the sandy streets and every 5-10 minutes we passed a group of kids playing soccer! This is Africa!
After the long drive, we finally arrived at our hotel: Complexio Turistico Halley (the only hotel in Xai Xai!) It certainly isn't the 4 Seasons but there is electricity, running water (sometimes...) and pretty decent food and apparently it is THE place to be on a Friday night! We checked in, had dinner (complete with French fries!) and had a meeting where we met Magaia and Djassi (our Habitat reps here in Moz). Everyone was pretty tired after that so we packed it in and got some sleep for day one of the build!
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