Beach Bummin in Tofo

Hi again,
I am sitting in an "internet cafe" in Praia de Tofo, Mozambique. It is about 100 degrees in here and I've already used up nearly a half hour just waiting for this page to load. I have a painting rolled up next to me that I just bought from the artist at the craft market on the beach. Mozambique has been amazing - so beautiful and relaxing. After I last wrote, my brother and I went to the fish market in Maputo, excited about getting some fresh tiger prawns grilled up for us. We ended up "splurging" on 2 kilos (4.4 lbs) of tiger prawns for about 200 rand, or 25 dollars. We were waiting more than an hour and starving by the time the plate of grilled prawns arrived. But the prawns were no bigger than my pinky finger. We tried to tell the lady that she had made a mistake, that these were not our prawns. Unfortunately, we soon found out that the lady at the fish market had taken us for a complete ride and scooped out 2 kgs of her smallest, shittiest prawns because we were unsuspecting white tourists. We were very let down but last night we got out justice when we tried it a second time at the local market here in Tofo and made sure to pick out each prawn one by one. This time we got 1 kg for 8 dollars and feasted like royalty. The seafood here is unbelievable, as are the fresh fruits and vegetables, art, and curios.
I am on Day 2 of my SCUBA course and the diving here is awesome. Yesterday we did our intro lessons in the bottom of a pool and took a dive to a nearby reef. Today I had to watch a bunch of DVDs about dive "philosophy" and tomorrow I have a quiz and two more dives, then David and I are catching the boat Northbound to the remote and beautiful Vilanculos (Bazarutos Archipelago) . I will be heading into Swaziland in about a week to see what that little nugget of a country is all about.

Stay tuned.