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Mozambique
Economy: The main language is Portuguese but they do speak English, the local currency
is Metical nova família; US$1 = Mtc25, they do accept travelers cheques and have
AMT’s around every corner.
The Capital is Maputo, and the area is 800,00 sq km. Visa’s range from US$20 to
US$70 for 30 days; issued at most border posts
All trains and roads are accessible making it very easy to get to any locations.
While the Europeans were still struggling back in the Dark Ages, the light of the
ancient world had already fallen on Mozambique. From the 9th century AD, Mozambique’s
coast was part of a chain of civilised merchant kingdoms, visited by ships from
as far afield as , Arabia and Persia. They came sailing in on the monsoon winds
to buy slaves, ivory, gold and spices. Muslim merchants intermarried with African
families, and set up trading posts along the coast.
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