Vacation pics (Nampula + Cabo Delgado)

1)My travel buddies, Rebecca, Bao, and Diana
2)Bao and I on the way to Ilha de Mocambique
3)Diana and I on Ilha de Mocambique
4)An old colonial-era church that is now a museum
5)Old town in Ilha has a lot of ruins from when the Portuguese were there
6) These kids were very happy to have a picture taken with whitey
7) Parts of Ilha are kind of creepy...
8) Creepy, continued
9) Entrance to the Forteleza Sao Sebastiao. The fort took 50-60 years to complete and is the oldest European building in sub-Saharan Africa
10) Church (?) in the fort
11) Fort from the sailboat, going to Chocas beach. Chocas was awesome but I don't have many good pics of it, still waiting for one of my travel buddies to post.
12) Our capitao manning the sail
13) On a boat to go snorkeling in Pemba
14) Sunset on Wimbi Beach, Pemba
15) After people went back home / to silly meetings I continued north, to the Arquipelago das Quirimbas. This is at Tandanhangue, waiting for a boat to take me to Ilha de Ibo
16) Ilha de Ibo is a strange place. It has even more of a deserted feeling than Ilha de Mocambique. Of course this is in stone town, and the other half of the island is more populated.
17) More of Ibo
18) From Ibo I chartered a boat with two other guys I met on my travels. We went to stopped at Ilha de Matemo for dinner and then on to Ilha de Rolas to spend the night
19) Passing by a sailboat
20) Me and one of our captains.
21) I had one reason to go to Ilha de Rolas: one purpose that drove me north of Pemba. And that purpose was to find the legendary coconut crab. We found a miniature version with the help of a guard on the island.
22) In the morning I had to check out the coral reef that the guard had told me about. I swam about 200m in the direction in back of me in the pic and found an awesome reef covered with coral and filled with different kinds of fish. The reef was right on a ridge that dropped off into the dark blue, so of course I decided to dive down into the deep to see what I could see. I almost regretted the idea when I saw a dark figure in the distance. I'm pretty sure it was a big, big shark.
23) Back on Ibo, this power house definitely doesn't supply energy to the island any more.
24) more deserted-looking pics on Ibo
25) etc.
26) Back at Russel's Place (awesome hostel) in Pemba where I ran into Vonney and Mike. This picture is right before I beat them 1 v 2 at smash ball... twice. Proudest moment in my life.