tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post1271115905623069669..comments2023-10-17T11:26:49.451-04:00Comments on ROAR AFRICA Tails: Santa Carolina (Paradise Island), Bazaruto Archipelago, MozambiqueRob Breenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04898154911443206348noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-67344601013055328052019-03-04T12:23:39.712-05:002019-03-04T12:23:39.712-05:00Thank you for this info we visited the Island 31 D...Thank you for this info we visited the Island 31 December (2018) and my heart broke... I'm so happy to hear that they plan to rebuilt it... What an amazing experience...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327447383013058949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-71427734414402739912018-07-16T21:21:43.716-04:002018-07-16T21:21:43.716-04:00Nice game, can be addictive. Buildings and upgrade...Nice game, can be addictive. Buildings and upgrades are a bit pricey, but still fun<br /><a href="http://2reviewgames.com/episode-choose-story-choose-story-games-online-free.html" rel="nofollow">haute as hell episode walkthrough</a> <a href="http://2reviewgames.com/top-10-best-minecraft-tips-tricks-for-2018.html" rel="nofollow">minecraft ps4 tips and tricks 2018</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725075794701126790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-25441997312703641642014-07-13T04:39:05.748-04:002014-07-13T04:39:05.748-04:00We spent a week of our honeymoon on Paradise Islan...We spent a week of our honeymoon on Paradise Island in 1968. We have mixed memories. The adventure started well enough when we bought for a few pence a 5 gallon porcelain bottle of red wine on the jetty at Vilancoulos. On arrival at the hotel my wife went straight down with jaundice so she spent the week in bed. I had to wander around this beautiful island alone - and try to finish as much of the wine as possible. It was a gorgeous place, but I couldn't really enjoy it.<br />John HarrisJohn Harrishttp://harris-tweed.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-56304173424232413002012-01-06T09:56:38.483-05:002012-01-06T09:56:38.483-05:00Congratulations on your engagement James!
from ROA...Congratulations on your engagement James!<br />from ROAR AFRICA<br />Hope we can find some old 50's pics.Rob Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898154911443206348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-41844676846685011332012-01-06T09:39:11.226-05:002012-01-06T09:39:11.226-05:00oops, my email address is jamesmcleanster@gmail.co...oops, my email address is jamesmcleanster@gmail.comJames Firleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199732260705800448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-32993923936081324622012-01-06T09:38:10.751-05:002012-01-06T09:38:10.751-05:00I was on the island a few days ago, (29th Dec 2011...I was on the island a few days ago, (29th Dec 2011) with a bunch of friends and yes, it is totally deralect with only a few people there, the hotel is just a shell as well is the church, however we climbed the stairs to the roof of the hotel and i proposed to my girlfriend! We stood on the on the round piece that sticks out on the edge overlooking the bay.<br />It was the best day of my life and hopefully we can come back one day when it is re-built. Even it being in the condition it was, there was still a special feeling to the whole place and i wish i could go back in history to see it in the 50's. If anyone has some pics of the hotel etc, please email them to me as there is nothing on the net at all (very strange)<br /><br />James McLean, JohannesburgJames Firleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199732260705800448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-45019506661858588942011-06-10T14:30:50.251-04:002011-06-10T14:30:50.251-04:00What a walk down memory lane, thank you for this!!...What a walk down memory lane, thank you for this!!<br /><br />Some comments were so similar to my memories of Paradise Island. I was busy putting something together about Paradise Island for my dad on father's day, as he first took us there as kids in the early 70's, and that's how i came across the blog.<br />We went there in the early 70's from then Rhodesia, and I must have been 4-5 years old. I have such vivid memories, like Marks' of the time there, snorkling in the water, going over to Bazaruta where my father and his friends went spear fishing etc. It honestly is one of the strongest and happiest memories of my childhood.<br /><br />What a wonderfull time, and great memories.<br /><br />James Whitelaw, Cape Town<br />james@softswitch.co.zaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-41223132186455566462011-03-31T06:20:29.963-04:002011-03-31T06:20:29.963-04:00Nice to find this on the web. I have visited this ...Nice to find this on the web. I have visited this island in June 2004. Paid ~R80 pp to take us per boat (slightly dodgy, wood boat with diesel engin...), as arrived on the island, we had to pay $10 (USD) before stepping on the island, to be honest, the visit was worth a lot more than $10! Snorkling was the highest priority, it was awesome, devil fish, stone fish, crayfish, and all the more rare fishes were there. Late afternoon we planned on going back to vilankulos, the water level was still fairly low (low tide), but the driver said: lets go, so we didn't argue.. 100m from the shore, the propeller hit a rock, at first it was funny, until the woman had to help rowing us to shore with our sandels... late afternoon + no propeller + awesome island + no sleeping gear + signs of 'NO FIRES' = the biggest bond fire ever with allekreukel for supper (fresh from the see, there was plenty)... the old hotel had to be usefull one last time, and we definitely capitalised on that! Sorted out everything the next day, what a trip and experience, don't want to visit the island in any other way again! @0845068839Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-25222846506231720232010-07-22T13:01:51.515-04:002010-07-22T13:01:51.515-04:00Hi there!
My name is Graciete and I'm from Po...Hi there!<br /><br />My name is Graciete and I'm from Portugal! <br />It is so nice to hear something about Santa Carolina Island!<br />My grandfather, Joaquim Santos, also known as Jack Santos by the tourists, was actually the manager of the "Santa Carolina Hotel". He worked for Joaquim Alves and have been his friend for more than 30 years!<br />I have lived and studied in Mozambique for five years and I went to Vilankulos and to the Magaruque and Benguerua islands. I loved them! Next time I hope to go to Bazaruto and specially to Santa Carolina islands, with my family, in a very special occasion!<br /><br />Thanks for posting!Graciete Santosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-68577812641463065082010-06-25T01:47:17.822-04:002010-06-25T01:47:17.822-04:00Hi Graham,
Great to see your blog on Paradise Isl...Hi Graham,<br /><br />Great to see your blog on Paradise Island. I join the group of people remembering the wonderful early days on Santa Carolina.<br /><br />It was somewhere in the early 1960s that I stayed on Paradise Island with my parents for an idylic week. I was just old enough to explore the island by myself and to snorkel off the jetty on the west side (opposite to the main hotel). For a few years after the holiday I dreamed of walking around the island. The dream would always start the same way; I would suddenly realise that after all these years of dreaming about Paradise Island, I was finally back. There was a sense of time urgency and I needed to get all the way around the island. I very seldom managed to get all the way around before I woke up. <br /><br />As a child I spent many hours drawing the shape of the island and visualising what it was like walking around it. In the last 20 years I have dreamt less of Paradise Island. This is probably because Pardise Island got me interested in islands. I did a trip through the Maldives in 1975 even getting myself ship wrecked on a dhoni (local fishing boat), went to Inhaka, Sri Lanka, did a trip with the whole family (8 chidlren) on the Soren Larsen through the islands of Vanatu. Now I live in Auckland, New Zealand, and the house has a wonderful view of some islads.<br /><br />I have always been mixed about going back to Pardise Island. I would love to do it, but am afraid that it will alter my momories and that wonderful time.<br /><br />Wathing the blogs on SA Survivor I have been amazed at how accurate my memory of Paradise Island is. I have remembered ever little bay. Your photograph of the path linking the hotel to the other side of the island brought back such vivid memories, or more accurately, valided my memories.<br /><br />thanks again for such a great blog.<br /><br />If you have any other photographs I would really appreciate if you could email them to me. Many thanks<br />Mark <br /><br />mark.thorpe@ut.ac.nzMark Thorpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-3073881167914672892010-02-25T06:49:42.188-05:002010-02-25T06:49:42.188-05:00We spent numerous holidays on Paradise Island as c...We spent numerous holidays on Paradise Island as children in the 50's and 60's, mostly before the airstrip was built. We drove from Joburg to LM, next day up to Imhambane and to the mission station at Cambine where my mother was born. Half a day to Vilankulos and a full afternoon on the scow, the Erisera, to Santa Carolina. It was a magic place and I would love to go back some day.Susan Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-32711523895128611052010-02-24T08:56:45.542-05:002010-02-24T08:56:45.542-05:00I flew there in 1975/1976 with a bunch of folk and...I flew there in 1975/1976 with a bunch of folk and aircraft from Mashonaland flying Club. If memory serves me it was Rhodes and Founders weekend. Really great fun. Went back by boat in 2008 sadly everything is derelict. Mike GardnerMike Gardnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-70076314776174963782010-02-14T09:52:08.477-05:002010-02-14T09:52:08.477-05:00My first husband and I honeymooned on Paradise Isl...My first husband and I honeymooned on Paradise Island in 1973, It was truly a wonderful island. We flew from Salisbury, Rhodesia and landed in Vilankulas. We boarded a boat similar to the famed 'African Queen' to the Santa Carolina island. Staff from the hotel carried wooden chairs to the boat to take the ladies to shore.<br />My husband went snorkeling while I lay on the white sands sunbathing. We played table tennis in the evenings at the hotel.Renee Dunbarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-65662845111794151432010-01-21T02:57:20.366-05:002010-01-21T02:57:20.366-05:00My first visit to Santa Carolina was 12 years ago....My first visit to Santa Carolina was 12 years ago. The first impression of the island left an indellible image imprinted on my memory. It was the most beautiful place I had seen. I remember in those days you could still get a light lunch and a cold beer if you were lucky, it wasn't much but OK. The snorkel/free diving here is fabulous. You literally walk into the warm ocean and you are in a marine wonderland. I hope to visit again soon, sometime this year I hope. Jenni - UmhlangaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-10643321870220873052010-01-14T11:29:55.486-05:002010-01-14T11:29:55.486-05:00In January 1975 my late husband and I spent our ho...In January 1975 my late husband and I spent our honeymoon there, it looks just as beautiful as I remember - and some of the pictures on this page are exactly where we took some amazing photographs .... I remember how we looked down into the water from the hotel balcony, and you could see to the ocean floor, pristine beaches and swaying palm trees ... a perfect paradise. In fact Santa Carolina or Paradise Island is absolutely paradise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-29728835685105984922010-01-01T19:05:15.927-05:002010-01-01T19:05:15.927-05:00I have been wanting to go to an Island as long as ...I have been wanting to go to an Island as long as I can remember. Never realising that it was right om my doorstep. Seeing the trailer for Survivor SA celebs,which was done on this island got me so excited to google as much information as possible. Your pictures are the only ones that shows the old hotel,which is so mesmorising to me. Thank you so much and a Very happy new year, regards Patricia Zelna Douglas Robbetse from JHB SAUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06479106434231468129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-36455219712511663492010-01-01T16:11:57.228-05:002010-01-01T16:11:57.228-05:00thanks for this post. there is strangely very litt...thanks for this post. there is strangely very little to be found online about the history and even fewer photos. looks pretty amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580476961290349999.post-22965226633266171872009-12-21T23:29:36.049-05:002009-12-21T23:29:36.049-05:00Love mozambique, I love that country the best in t...Love mozambique, I love that country the best in the worldeuricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810582945527980736noreply@blogger.com