Day Two
Well, I'll start my second post by saying we didn't get to see any bands last night -we got the day wrong! There's bands playing in the town tonight, and I'm really looking forward to it, as is Emily, my daughter.
Tomorrow we are going to see the best band in Mozambique, Massukos, who are playing specially for us. We're going to invite them over to play at the festival next year.
Today we went to a place about 75 miles away from where we are staying called Fanga. We drove for hours up dirt tracks to get to it. There was nothing from the 20th Century there at all, it was completely remote. No alcohol, media, cars, telly, electricity. If you went back in time 600 years it would have been exactly the same.
It's weird, it's like the old hippy dream, the alternative society - no carbon, no pollution. I've never seen anything so pure and simple. All they need is fresh water, a school, and a medical centre. But all they are asking for at the moment is water. So WaterAid are going to start on a project next week.
There's about 500 people, half of them small children. So that's another £2,000 - really, really good value for money. Theese people are taking so little from the planet. They deserve it, they are not polluting anything.
It's the kind of thing the Seventies hippies would dream about. I dunno if they could stick it, mind - 35 years ago that was their paradise!
[image]http://www.nme.com/images/84_WA_Mozambique_07.jpg[/image]
But it's pretty intense, going into villages that are completely and utterly isolated. So now we're off to watch some music. Then we'll head for a place near the border with Tanzania tomorrow. I'll let you know how we get on, of course.
Have a good weekend
Michael
Tomorrow we are going to see the best band in Mozambique, Massukos, who are playing specially for us. We're going to invite them over to play at the festival next year.
Today we went to a place about 75 miles away from where we are staying called Fanga. We drove for hours up dirt tracks to get to it. There was nothing from the 20th Century there at all, it was completely remote. No alcohol, media, cars, telly, electricity. If you went back in time 600 years it would have been exactly the same.
It's weird, it's like the old hippy dream, the alternative society - no carbon, no pollution. I've never seen anything so pure and simple. All they need is fresh water, a school, and a medical centre. But all they are asking for at the moment is water. So WaterAid are going to start on a project next week.
There's about 500 people, half of them small children. So that's another £2,000 - really, really good value for money. Theese people are taking so little from the planet. They deserve it, they are not polluting anything.
It's the kind of thing the Seventies hippies would dream about. I dunno if they could stick it, mind - 35 years ago that was their paradise!
[image]http://www.nme.com/images/84_WA_Mozambique_07.jpg[/image]
But it's pretty intense, going into villages that are completely and utterly isolated. So now we're off to watch some music. Then we'll head for a place near the border with Tanzania tomorrow. I'll let you know how we get on, of course.
Have a good weekend
Michael
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