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Mozambique re-visited

Mozambique re-visited

Having a hard drive crash on you can be overcome quite quickly, I was very lucky to have finally gotten this little Acer to start up this morning, just now. I eventually just unplugged the machine, and bashed it around on my knees a little bit. And hey presto, it came back and this little old faithful laptop is back online.

What I was worried about though, more than anything else, were the photographs and videos thereon. Some are irreplaceable and although you can sometimes get over losing a few files, it’s not cool, especially since this computer is actually Chad and Heidi’s, from Lalaland?! I ended up with it after doing their website http://lalalandafrica.com, a year ago.

As I was going through the picture library, I found this folder full of friends and memories, of times past in Mozambique, when thesardine.co.za was actually based there…

The good news is that thesardine.co.za team is a-headed north and we can’t wait to catch up with friends and family!

We are taking guests up to Earth Lodge, and will be staying on the cyclones in the new year. Anyone wanting to join us up there – we have boats and houses rigged and ready – we are right in the middle of the action, between Barra superbanks and Tofinho Point. We mainly go surfing by boat, and fish along the way between breaks. Buzz Sean on umzimkulu@gmail.com

Barco onda stilha!

Lalaland also has some of their accommodations available this December in Tofo, check out http://lalalandafrica.com. It is right on the beach, features really cool rustic, yet elegant accommodations in a choice of double room en-suite cozy options.

 

 

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Great Bazaruto Fishing reported in by Captain Duarte Rato

Need more bites? Get on a Programmatic Marketing campaign by thesardine.co.za. Contact Sean on umzimkulu@gmail.com

Great Bazaruto Fishing reported in by Captain Duarte Rato

http://fishbazaruto.com/2015/11/04/bazaruto-marlin-season-report-mid-to-end-october-2015/

Well, Captain Duarte Rato is at it again. The Bazaruto fishing this year has been spectacular as usual. And the stories and photos coming in are enough to drive you crazy!

October brought clean and warm water full of fish close into the fishing grounds and it has been mayhem for the last few weeks. Some seriously big fish have been taken, and a smattering of smaller fish causing rubber hook sydrome for some of the fleet of boats operating off Bazaruto this year.

Click the following link for the full story by Captain Duarte rato

BAZARUTO MARLIN SEASON REPORT MID to END OCTOBER 2015

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The Lalaland Favourites Collection

Charl Mikkers sets up a bomb out front of Lalaland in Tofo, Mozambique (c) Lalaland

The Lalaland Favourites Collection

Just a cool little clip portraying Lalaland Africa in Tofo, as it transforms and grows.

http://lalalandafrica.com/2015/11/03/the-lalaland-africa-favorite-collection/

After you’ve seen the show, click on around their website and see what Lalaland has to offer. They are right on the beach at Tofo, just a short walk north along the main beach, and pretty much secluded. Lalaland features self-catering in a shared kitchen that can do anything. And a trio of tropical flavoured double rooms with outside showers and toilets!?

Imagine it!

There are often times waves to surf right out front, but otherwise, Tofinho and the new famed Barra are short vehicle rides away. Scuba and snorkel divers can stay underwater all day if they want – the water is crystal clear and warm as toast, especially now in summer when it gets to 28 degrees or more! And this is when the fishing gets spectacular with huge kingfish swimming in and around the bathers even sometimes.

For my clients and budding video creatives, please give Magisto a try, you can get a version for you PC or tablet or phone device, and it makes life just that much more interesting as it’s algorithms attempt to make sense of the tonne of video and still material we all inadvertently shoot and amass.

It is a great way to keep your content channels a flowing. It is a hundred times easier to get a great result and too bad for all those pimply video editor type creeps who do this stuff for a living and charge a fortune (ok my pimples have cleared up).

It even pops up with a message that its made a video (with your data), as a surprise for you every now and then, and guess what, it just sometimes works! If you don’t like it, delete it, or tweak it until you are happy.

Good practise: The idea is to go in shooting for about 10 really good clips, and one or two tight stills. The editor robot known as Magisto then figures things out somehow, and thumps out an dead awesome edit (most times, sometimes it’s an epic fail, but there is a feedback dialogue for you, but remember, nothing good can come of boring footage).

It even offers sound (choose from the Magisto library, your own music, or no music) and titling options, and many different treatment options. WOW!

Then you can share it to the world on all the usual platforms…right from Magisto, or pop it over to YouTube (they seem to be in cahoots)…better still, embed it in a post on your website! Too easy!

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Bazaruto Marlin Season mid October report by Captain Duarte Rato

Bazaruto Marlin Season mid October report by Captain Duarte Rato

Bazaruto has been shining again this year as a premiere giant black marlin fishing destination. With three encounters this past week, and a bunch of fish in the 900lb range, just about anytime you have a line in at Baza in season like this, you have a chance at a grander fish (1000lb’s plus).

An estimated 1200lb marlin was sharked on Pulsator during this years Bazaruto Marlin Season
An estimated 1200lb marlin was sharked on Pulsator during last weeks Bazaruto Marlin Season bite.

Captain Duarte Rato has been in the thick of the action and has compiled and entertaining report which is published on http://fishbazaruto.com – click the link to read all about it…

Duarte’s photography skills have been honed by years of skippering whilst chasing fish, and taking these amazing shots as it’s all going down.

Enjoy!

http://fishbazaruto.com for more reports from the past 7 seasons of the fishing for marlin off Bazaruto Island.

Bazaruto Marlin Season

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FishBazaruto.com free desktops

Smaller marlin provide plenty of fun, especially this time of year, in the Bazaruto Archipelego

FishBazaruto.com free desktops

Captain Duarte Rato of FishBazaruto.com fame has been shooting magnificent shots of fighting gamefish and seascapes for decades now, in and around the Bazaruto Archipelago, and has created a new downloads page – fishbazaruto.com free downloads, for the readers of thesardine.co.za to enjoy.

Duarte has been resampling his .RAW footage into useable chunks, and features these photographs extensively on fishbazaruto.com. In bite size, these images are easily used as as desktops (or static screensavers), on mobiles, desktops, laptops…etc.

Follow the following link to fishbazaruto.com’s new downloads link, with instructions:

http://wp.me/P5DwPK-hW

And while you are there, look around the fishbazaruto.com website for some amazing images to use as your desktop.

Bazaruto fly-fishing: chuck a fly in here and see what happens!
Click on over to fishbazaruto.com free desktop download, for free desktop downloads~!
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