Technology is in the eye of the beholder

2 months ago, when I first got to Maputo, I think I described the place as 'a dump'. The streets were dirty and often deserted, and food took half an hour to get here.

It is now my 4th trip to Maputo, and every time I come, it keeps getting better.

Having arrived back from Lichinga, Maputo is seriously like New York. I've got a new appreciation of infrastructure, time and cleanliness. Here are some of thoughts that have run through my head since I got back ...

• 'Wow, we have mobile reception all the time here!'
• 'Wow, the taps work!'
• 'My food only takes half an hour to get here!'´
• 'Electricity ... 24 hours a day!'
• 'There are no queues at the ATMs! And they have money inside!'
• 'Gelato!!!! In fact, refrigeration in general!!!'
• 'Roads with tar, not dirt!'

Technology and advancement ... it's all perspective.