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Getting Out of Harare, a Bit, Zvimba, Zimbabwe travel blog
Getting Out of Harare, a Bit
Mar 8, 2006 (19 photos)

... more field trip to Rusape, another community Kufunda is working with, before spending some time in the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe. I'm looking forward to all the mushrooms and fruit. I've been learning to shake the waosho while Divha beats the mbira ...

A travel blog entry from Zvimba by cpricci
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A Magic Bus Ride, Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
A Magic Bus Ride
Feb 9, 2006

... 5 men on the bus. I was packing very light compared to everyone else. They were all trying to get goods to family in Zimbabwe, where times are tougher due to the devaluing of the Zimbabwean dollar. Every seat was full and some were stacked with bags, and ...

A travel blog entry from Harare by cpricci
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An Update from Kufunda, Kufunda Village, outside Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
An Update from Kufunda
Feb 16, 2006 (4 photos)

... some raw mustard greens or blackjack. As I mentioned, Kufunda is sharing its wealth and knowledge with various other communities around Zimbabwe. They're all dealing with the same issues - AIDS, orphans and school fees, transition to permaculture, and ...

A travel blog entry from Kufunda Village, outside Harare by cpricci
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More from Kufunda, Kufunda Village, outside Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
More from Kufunda
Feb 22, 2006 (11 photos)

I forgot to mention the giant rocks that dot the landscape around here. Its like Elephant Rocks but more spread out for miles and miles. It's solid granite - a boulder climber's paradise. Check the photos. I haven't been able to climb a big one yet. ...

A travel blog entry from Kufunda Village, outside Harare by cpricci
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Earthquake ina Zimbabwe, Kufunda Village, outside Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
Earthquake ina Zimbabwe
Feb 25, 2006 (10 photos)

On Wednesday night (Thursday morning), I felt my first earthquake. I was up reading later than usual - about 12:30 a.m. - and everything started shaking. It was enough to make the cieling timbers creak. I went outside when I realized what was happening ...

A travel blog entry from Kufunda Village, outside Harare by cpricci
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Drifting down the Zambezi, Vic Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
Drifting down the Zambezi
Dec 7, 2004 (18 photos)

... that the guides considered worth keeping for their dinner. Matopo National Park near Harare... C... Another suprise from Zimbabwe was Antelope park, a beautiful campsite in an even lovelier setting, slightly lacking in antelopes. The star ...

A travel blog entry from Vic Falls by ad_n_caz
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"You're going to Zimbabwe? Why??"
Oct 31, 2006

... golden eggs by repossessing or redistributing the land in any dramatic way. So in the twenty years that followed independence, Zimbabwe was relatively stable, prosperous and developing at a steady pace. In the last few years, Mugabe's decision making ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by globedecker
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The Eastern Highlands, Nyanga, Zimbabwe travel blog
The Eastern Highlands
Mar 11, 2006 (16 photos)

Finally, some more mountains after four weeks of flatland. And they are incredible. We left Harare on Thursday morning and made a stop in Rusape, where Kufunda is working with a group of women to facilitate their self-facilitation. These women are strong ...

A travel blog entry from Nyanga by cpricci
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It's So Hard To Say Goodbye
Mar 14, 2006

Kufunda took in me in with open arms, and I became a part of the community. I haven't lived in community that many times before, but it has never felt so good to be one of the villagers. It has also never hurt so bad to move on. They almost convinced me ...

A travel blog entry from Kufunda Village, outside Harare by cpricci
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Rocks and rhinos, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe travel blog
Rocks and rhinos
Nov 2, 2006 (9 photos)

... in Zimbabwe, his perspective on what went wrong, and his pessimistic view of the near future. Prior to about five years ago, Zimbabwe was a relatively prosperous country, and Benson made a great living as a guide. Tourism is now down to only 15% of what ...

A travel blog entry from Bulawayo by globedecker
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Overlanding and big water rafting, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
Overlanding and big water rafting
Nov 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... about going but seemed to have a great time despite falling out of the raft twice! Anyway, tomorrow morning we are departing Zimbabwe and heading off to Botswana. She Said: After traveling for four months with just the two of us, we have sort of ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by globedecker
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Ostrich Burgers, lion walks and funny money, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
Ostrich Burgers, lion walks and funny money
Apr 18, 2006 (4 photos)

... . Took advantage of the full English on the menu, very nice sausage by the way, before taking a minibus to the border with Zimbabwe. Good views back to Vic Falls for the tall bridge crossing the Lower Zambezi. I also got to look down over the drop ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by jonclark2000
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Big Brother Bob is Watching, Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
Big Brother Bob is Watching
May 31, 2005

They seemed to come out of nowhere as they approached us; three plain-clothed agents of the Zimbabwe Criminal Investigation Department, flashing their IDs, asking after our business, our passports, with hard, accusing looks. One took me aside and demanded ...

A travel blog entry from Harare by darkstar
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Elephant safaris and a case of cabin fever, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
Elephant safaris and a case of cabin fever
Apr 19, 2006 (9 photos)

... and looked very professional for something that took them about 30 minutes. In the afternoon I went to see the falls from the Zimbabwe side. You can only actually see about a quarter of the falls from the Zambia side and in the summer they totally dry ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by jonclark2000
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Saturday Night in the Sunshine City, Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
Saturday Night in the Sunshine City
May 29, 2005

... ________ and I get talking about religion. They say you should never talk politics or religion in polite conversation, but in Zimbabwe neither topic is in short supply of pundits. ________ says I'm testing her faith, and I'm hard-pressed to disagree. ...

A travel blog entry from Harare by darkstar
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Zimsham flimflam, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
Zimsham flimflam
Oct 16, 2006 (6 photos)

... prosperous country run into the ground by a so-called democratically elected president then you need look no further than Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. It's said that Zimbabweans have the highest IQ: I queue for bread, I queue for petrol, I queue for jobs. ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by dazzla
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Lions, Elephants and Vic Falls!, Livingstone, Zimbabwe travel blog
Lions, Elephants and Vic Falls!
Jan 15, 2008

... view of the gorge and Zambezi to Zimbabwe immigration which we flew through.  With the current economic conditions in Zimbabwe, there were quite a few locals crossing back and forth just to get the essentials...which were sometimes carried on their ...

A travel blog entry from Livingstone by tracystravels
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No i do not want to change my money no i do ..., Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
No i do not want to change my money no i do ...
Jul 14, 2002 (3 photos)

No I do not want to change my money, No I do not want to buy a carving, No I do not want to buy a stone thing and NO you cannot have my hat!! Hi everyone, In Old' Vic Falls town!! The people here do hassle a fair bit, but they are really ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by jrcormack
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War Vets and Yorkshire Pudding, Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
War Vets and Yorkshire Pudding
May 30, 2005

... fought in the war. Whatever their age or distinction, war vets have been responsible for destroying much of Zimbabwe's agricultural and economic infrastructure. Shortages of basic foodstuffs and other commodities are a direct result of their actions, ...

A travel blog entry from Harare by darkstar
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Zimbabwe: Welcome to the World of Mugabe, Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
Zimbabwe: Welcome to the World of Mugabe
Aug 15, 2007 (1 photos)

... for its life. It is a government that seems determined to avoid responsibility for a sinking ship they are captaining. Zimbabwe is a country filled with rich and poor, educated and uneducated, vast potential and wasted talent, and hope and despair. ...

A travel blog entry from Harare by djchurch
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Beautiful Victoria Falls, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
Beautiful Victoria Falls
Nov 13, 2005 (9 photos)

... ...we had been travelling since 4.30am....we were exhausted. Next day we were all up around 5am as we continued towards the Zimbabwe border, we crossed the border after a few hours...they were extremely strict and we had to fill out customs forms and ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by alinmattrtw2005
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My old home - my school in the valley, Watsomba, Zimbabwe travel blog
My old home - my school in the valley
Dec 24, 2006

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A travel blog entry from Watsomba by off_road_clara
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Heading North to the Honde, Honde Valley, Zimbabwe travel blog
Heading North to the Honde
Dec 24, 2006

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A travel blog entry from Honde Valley by off_road_clara
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Driving in Harare - road closed, Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
Driving in Harare - road closed
Dec 24, 2006

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A travel blog entry from Harare by off_road_clara
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The Land That Coke Forgot, Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
The Land That Coke Forgot
May 28, 2005 (9 photos)

... deceptively simple. In an attempt to shore up his power, Robert Mugabe, president since independence, diverted blame for Zimbabwe's economic decline by scapegoating foreigners, Western states, white farmers, and even homosexuals. Finally, in the late ...

A travel blog entry from Harare by darkstar
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Transport Troubles, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe travel blog
Transport Troubles
Aug 16, 2007

Danayi and her family had planned a trip to Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe, and it was time for me to get to Victoria Falls. Since I was a small child, there were three images that consistently danced through my head when I though of Africa. One was ...

A travel blog entry from Bulawayo by djchurch
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The smoke that thunders, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
The smoke that thunders
Sep 24, 2003 (3 photos)

... while everything else is under the water. The meal was really nice - although our first taste of the realities of life in Zimbabwe, where there is a shortage of basic foodstuffs. So our meal of mushroom soup, chicken and fruit salad didn't seem very ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by vicki
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Millionaires, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
Millionaires
Feb 9, 2008 (13 photos)

... Then, after two nights in Chobe, we took a short hour drive across the border from Botswana into Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is a small tourist town which thrives on the tourist industry created by Vic Falls, one of the seven natural ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by samkirsop
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Pretoria to Harare to Lusaka, Harare, Zimbabwe travel blog
Pretoria to Harare to Lusaka
Nov 30, 2006 (3 photos)

... left the country at 18:30 - or so I thought.  Three hours later and we were finally through the Beitbridge border into Zimbabwe.  We picked up two passengers just after the border.  They paid cash.  I was told the bus had no license to ...

A travel blog entry from Harare by dcm
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Mosi-oa-Tunya - The Smoke That That Thunders, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe travel blog
Mosi-oa-Tunya - The Smoke That That Thunders
Aug 17, 2007 (44 photos)

Once again, when faced with incredible sites and sights of nature, I feel at a loss for words to describe the beauty and awe they instill in me. Instead, feel free to browse the photos and oh so cheesy movies from Victoria Falls or by the traditional ...

A travel blog entry from Victoria Falls by djchurch
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