I've been in Mozambique this month, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. As part of the project I'm working on we went to visit a lighthouse on a rocky headland, where I came across an abandoned building that seemed strangely familiar.
As you may know, Mozambique was once a Portuguese colony and in fact they'd been present in the region since the sixteenth century or so, where one of the main 'exports' they were after was slaves. And this reminded me of the tembe I made last year which would originally have been used by slave traders in that region.
The similarity with what I made last year and what I actually saw was therefore striking, even though this building was probably built last century as a guard house or similar. Furthermore, the structure wasn't quite the same, as can be seen from the photo I took from the top of the lighthouse.
OK, so it has three sides instead of four but it looked pretty much the same from the front! And by the way, here is the concrete lighthouse we climbed, which I have no plans to make.
It was 185 steps to the top and then a wooden ladder through a narrow hatch to get into the lantern. Still, the views from up there were pretty good.
Oh, and Merry Christmas!
2 comments:
That is a very striking comparison...just goes to show what a good modeller you are!
Happy Christmas
Ah you're too kind Jim. All the best for Christmas and the New Year! Cheers WW
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