Regarding poverty of the roads I decided to come as close as possible to the train line Cuamba – Nampula. But how to get to Cuamba – it is still 80 km inland from the border?? On the Malawi side I took one by one four minibuses and trucks: to Limbe, then to Liwonde, to Nsanama and finally to the border village of Nayuchi. It was already dark when I reached Nayuchi – no electricity there, but I found the bed in the poor house close to the immigration building (they charged 250 kwacha)
In the morning they open the border at 7.30 – I got the stamp in my passport and walk along the sandy road (like 2-3 km) to the Mozambique post in Entre Lagos. OK. I paid 30000 meticais of entry fee /there are money changers/ and… what now… how to get onward? They said: wait… an hour, two… And the miracle: the train! Cargo train! They put me to the brake compartment at the last wagon. They charged 50 000 – but I was going to Cuamba! Rail track is VERY poor. It took us like 3 hours to come to Cuamba station – but what a adventure!
