Our nightguard Antonio with his children at his house in Makoni, near Ponta Fugo, where cars don't reach.

Antonio on his elaborate bed. Did he cycle with that on the back all the way from civilisation? Probably.


When we got back from Zanzibar, we began preparation for the Investor enquiry we received out of the blue. They wanted our top 4 recommendations for unexplored beaches in our area. We researched the pretty village of Lunga, from which I saw a lovely looking beach across the bay. It turned out to be the home of our nightguard Antonio, from where he cycles for hours to reach us. He was delighted we were interested in coming. To get there, we took the 4x4 down a path for walkers only, clearly no cars had been there. Antonio told me last night, that when his son sees a car now he says, 'Is that Sr Rory's car?'.