So somehow I made a name for myself here in Mozambique as the ultimate party planner and here’s the story of how that came to be. It all started when vonnie and I were going out to visit our friend michelle on Ilha. Normally we can find a ride that’s going all the way onto the island, but this time they dropped us off right before the bridge going across, which meant we had to take a chapa across the bridge. Normally this would have been annoying, but it all changed when we stepped into the pimpest chapa in Mozambique! It looked like any other chapa from the outside, but this was no ordinary chapa. When we got in, my jaw dropped at the sight of the wine colored plush velour couch seats! I was as giddy as a PCV getting their first care package, and when we sat down every muscle in my body relaxed as I melted into the seat. The chapa also had a raised roof and surround sound speakers that were blasting JAMS! When we reached our destination, what I really wanted to ask was how much would the driver sell the chapa to me for, but I settled for his phone number cuz we had the brilliant idea to throw a party on ilha and hire him to be our private party chapa! We were looking for any and all excuses to throw a party and realized that our good friend Brian would be turning into a grandpa in December and also that our ex-roomie Dillon was going to be leaving so we decided to convince all our friends to come up for a ‘Happy Birthday Brian and Farewell Dillon’ party! Over the last year we had been introduced to a great little backpackers on Ilha called Ruby’s that is the coolest place and because of how many people we were going to have, I decided to just rent the entire place out for that weekend! Anyway so the big weekend was fast approaching and I had made just about all plans and reservations except one… the chapa. I had called the driver about a 100 times in the few weeks before the big weekend and I don’t know if his number changed or whatever, but he never answered… needless to say I was crushed and almost, almost cancelled the entire party! I mean the whole thing was planned around the party chapa and not being able to book it was a bad omen in my mind… but with a lot of reassuring, I continued with the planning. Finally the highly anticipated weekend had arrived and friends from all over began trickling into Nampula. We spent only a day in monapo before leaving for ilha as our house is not quite equipped to cater to 15 guests! The trip out to ilha ended up working out better than ever cuz brian sat in the front cab of the open back truck while the rest of us planned out just how we were going to Roast him for his birthday! The rest of the weekend on ilha was great! They have a fully stocked kitchen there so we cooked and ate some really good food, including brian’s favorite, homemade lasagna, and had some wild nights on Ruby’s gorgeous rooftop! In true Dillon fashion, there was lots of straight bottle drinking and raging dance parties to really give her a good send-off! Oh dill… I miss you so much already… The roast for brian’s birthday was HILARIOUS, and I was hoping to be able to put up some of what we said on here, but it’s been a while now and I don’t remember… but there was a lot of talk about his pickiness with food, his sweating, and his love for floppy disks = ] After ilha everyone needed a little r&r so we sailed to chocas, a beautiful beach across the water, and kicked it at the very deserted white sand blue water beaches of carushca. We rented out a giant bungalow and played games, listened to music and read in hammocks and of course floated in the very salty Indian ocean. There’s no kitchen there so we, especially me, didn’t have to worry about who was cooking what meal! Everyone loved it so much that we even ended up staying another day so that everyone would be fully recuperated! It was hands down one of the greatest most E.P.I.C. (another special shout out E.sther and P.ete I.ncredible C.ompanions for life!) weekends of my life and it will definitely be talked about for years to come! I may even be able to get more people to come visit up north! Yeah you heard me you lazy southern moz slackers that never come up north!
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