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Travel Blogs from Harare
Driving through Zambia
... I was successful after 3 different bank machines. The machines worked, they just didn’t have any money in them. With the remaining time we went to The Creamery Inn (think Dairy Queen) where I indulged in a Smartie and Bar -one Spinna (think Smartie and chocolate blizzard). Zimbabwe does not have their own currency and uses the US dollar; however we discovered that for change they use the South African Rand. Since there is no mint to make ...
Harare, Zimbabwe
Third long driving day in a row. This was not the original itenerary when we paid for the trip, but because of difficulties at the Mozambique border, we go the long way around through Zambia. So basically instead of three days totaling about 20 driving hours, it is three days of about 36 hours driving. We left camp at 6:00 am and were surprised to see 5 giraffes with a beautiful sunrise in the background. We got to the Zambia/Zimbabwe border at 8:30 am, ...
Day 17 - Back to Harare
... trained nurse and through all the years they lived on the farm, she looked after the well being of the people, giving vaccinations, helping at times with bad childbirths, sewing up cuts etc, so I thought it was fitting that her lovely home become a clinic. Pity they didn't call it the "Deb Sheppard Clinic"!!
We then went down to Easter Parade, the second farm, where the Sheppards first started out. This ...
Hyperinflation
... Vinnie will interview the owners for an upcoming pod-cast.
Sat 28th Had an unsuccessful couple of hours fishing a bay of the lake. I'm told the best method is to fish for the 'barble' (local name for catfish) in the evening, using live frogs as bait - I don't think I'll be doing that! At noon the sun was directly overhead - our shadows were under our feet! In the evening we took a boat across the lake to see white rhinos. ...
The Big House of Stone
... The House of Stone' and is named after this settlement. That's your lesson for the day!
After a wet night in the tent we drove to Bulawayo and had a quick walk around. In the afternoon we drove on to our next camp called Big Cave Camp. It was so lovely that we decided to upgrade for the first time. Check out this link..... http://www.bigcave.co.za/index.html
We had a little bungalow on this huge rocky outcrop with an incredible ...