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RE: MY 2 HOURS IN MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE.
Wow ! What an experience! With conditions like that, I can't imagine why the cruise line would choose to dock there or if necessary, then warn passengers not to go out. That sounds WAY to dangerous for regular folks.
Your meant to book a guided tour lol. I wouldn't have got off the boat if I had known. Where we were and what we walked through it wasn't safe. I think the cruise does it to make the cruise extend to 3 days otherwise it would be too short. The Portuguese islands are only an hour by boat from Maputo so it does make sense to dock there.
The one tour was to the 5 star Polana Hotel for high tea which I should have done instead. There is just so much poverty all around and it wasn't pleasant.
I can only imagine it was not what you or any of those that were with you expected. When a "market" is promoted, you would normally expect it to be decently clean with many wonderful things to look at, try and buy.
I just think the whole city is that poor and it has gone so far down hill now. We weren't meant to see the sites we did as a tour bus may take a different route. I was hoping to find some decent leather products but there was nothing.