Veranda with wicker chairs, a hammock and a view of the sea through an arch, with a sailing boat in the distance

When I learnt that I would be moving to Mozambique for work, I began searching the internet for images and stories about the country. That was how I discovered the Island of Mozambique. I fell in love with it long before I ever set foot there.

Fate took me to Nacala, just a short distance away, and I finally had the chance to see with my own eyes what, until then, I had only imagined. And I realised that some places go far beyond anything photographs can capture or words can describe.

The Island of Mozambique is one of those places.