MOZAMBIQUE MERIDIAN
A Meridian is an ‘energy highway’ in the human body; they flow within the body and not on the surface. Meridians exist in corresponding pairs.
We pass by in air-conditioned cars. Faces selling curios are lost in the dust. Sharply dipping, sandy roads are devoured by 4x4 beasts. Seat belts stretch, loosen, then quickly tighten again. Bags and boards violently tossed around on every corner, take away coffees spill from their polystyrene cups. Heads bounce and strain on tired necks, looking for a sliver of ocean. Gears click and engage, the engine screams. Then. Everything. Suddenly. Stops. A solitary, perfectly foiled, overhead wave, breaking from right to left, passes between a sand dune and our line of sight. Its pace is metronomic. Higher up the point, more lines approach. Somebody exhales and words escape, “Oh my…”
It has taken over 3 hours to travel 21 kilometres, but this is where we belong. It’s what the crew call the ‘Mozam boogie’.
“To come to Mozambique as a group and to be with these girls is just incredible. I haven’t had this much time away from phones and computers for ages, there’s just less intensity. We went for a beach adventure today and to just sit there in the
