Baobab Lodge Harare
29 Western Road, Greendale Harare, Zimbabwe
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Into Zimbabwe
Another day another country, this morning we crossed the border into Zimbabwe and headed straight for the capital. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I was impressed with Harare, it feels very civilised and safe, and we all got very excited at the sight of things which resemble home, which we haven’t seen since… well, since we were at home. Like well stocked supermarkets, butchers/fishmongers with refrigeration (as opposed to those we have seen ...
Throw Momma from the train...
... to refuse to endorse this statement. In fact she refuses even to accept that it might possibly be one of the greats. She also does the same with Ice Cold in Alex, which she also hasn't seen - will someone please put her right!)
The point is that the sentence describes perfectly the nighttime in Harare at this time of year, just ahead of the rains. We are here en-route through Zimbabwe, really just on transit to Mozambique, as we both want to see the Indian Ocean now. ...
Where Does One Get An Ethiopian Visa?
... Certificate’?!); chest X-ray; US$300. Oh, and two months to wait. Headache.
Monday then was a frustrating day. Tuesday I returned to the embassy (in a fresher and less stressed mood) in an effort to ‘sweet-talk’ them into just giving me one ‘cos I ask nicely’. This approach seemed to be making some headway, as I managed to win over both the nice young man from the day before (although that didn’t take much), and his ...
A Bright Bright Day
... br>
The tractor wouldn’t start and for some reason over here they think it will jumpstart if a truck pulls it out backwards!! Doesn’t work after 3 attempts and try it the right way round.
It goes so we hitch a dray to it, perch ourselves on the top and away we go. 5 minutes later we hit a rut in the road, the pin comes out and the dray falls and we nearly all go flying!
Back to the lodge. Can’t find the pin and dray is attached ...
Ffing scared!!
... rhinos, saw Teddy and Cleo the lions being feed, learned about the blessbuck, eland, sable and impala, saw the giraffes, saw a herd of warthogs watching us as we painted anti termite paint on the lookout, cleared up old fallen telephone wires to stop animals getting tangled in them, helped the school kids with their vegetable garden, played with the class zero children (3 to 5 year olds) and had races with them, played football, truck broke down middle of the night but thankfully ...
