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Bulawayo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Rocks and rhinos
This is a top pick! ... and doesn't really feel like "the real Africa." So we decided to take a side trip to the town of Bulawayo for a few days to see the Great Zimbabwe ruins as well as Matopos National Park. I have to say that when we started planning this trip about a ...
Transport Troubles
This is a top pick! ... at Danayi's family's home. She was a sweet older lady whose English was passable, but not preferred. She was originally from Bulawayo, a city to the southwest from which I hoped to catch a train or bus up to Victoria Falls. She decided the best way ...
At least it's not malaria
... in all I was pretty impressed with how easy and reasonable cheap it was to take care of this. Other than a $50 lab fee the 3 medications only cost $7. I'll wait until after I get out of Zimbabwe to mention the other interesting event that ...
Bulawayo
... . Além disso, marcante por ser a última cidade no Zimbábue por que passaríamos que é cruzada pelo paralelo 20º12'Sul. Bulawayo é uma cidade que originalmente (1840) era uma espécie de capital da tribo dos Ndbele antes dos ingleses da BSAC chegarem ...
Chasing the black rhino
... exhibit, that allowed us to straighten out which antlers belong to which antelopes, an impressive walk-through mine (Zimbabwe produces copper, gold, uranium, and other minerals), and interesting relics from different African tribes that were collected at ...
Up close and personal with the rhinos
We had to leave the adorable little lions behind and headed to Bulawayo. There we went on a fabulous trip into Matobo National Park where we saw some cave paintings, learned about the medicinal properties of the plants and climbed to the top of a crazy ...
GREAT NEWS!!
... so young with no previous convictions, so he was released!! The actual case is still pending but supposedly the way things work here in Zimbabwe, it will take YEARS for it to be heard and because it is such a minor case, it is likely it just falls ...
What a week!
... on the go but I wouldn’t have it any other way. On Saturday, two brilliant friends of mine from Ireland arrived into Bulawayo airport after over a days travel. Little did Sarah and Vicki know that they would immediately be jumping on a bus for a ...
Meet the gang!!
... … They had stolen a goat from a local field, slaughtered and eaten it. Stealing livestock is a huge offense here in Zimbabwe and the two guys were caught. Padon was released because of certain circumstances but sadly, Shane was sentenced to 6 months ...
The teacher becomes the student!
... put through some pretty vigorous sessions every morning…. I was so impressed with everyone because they didn’t let the intense Zimbabwe summer heat stop them from jumping right into the drills (when I say heat I am talk 40 degrees Celsius and ...
Zimbabwe - what a people and what a country!!!
After Eastern Highlands, I travelled west to Bulawayo. Very historical city, central in the colonialisation back around 1890. Nicy city, the 2nd biggest after Harare. Wide avenues, wide enough for 12 oxes to turn. That was the criteria. Also went to ...
Rhino's in the rain
... our attempt to see the remaining wildlife that we have missed so far in Africa. Trying to find Rhino's on yet another rainy Zimbabwe afternoon, just drizzly mind... is no mean feat and with the woodland growing at an alarming rate that you can only see a ...
Home sweet home...
It has been over two months since I first arrived in Zimbabwe and just like Cape Town, I am feeling right at home! It is now a norm to rise at the crack of dawn and be in bed before most 10-year-old kids… It is a norm eating sadza (maize meal dish) ...
Desperate Times...
It is 5am and I have been up since 3.30am.... Reason for my early rise.... Internet!!! I am so rural that I might have the opportunity to venture into town once or twice a week to connect to the outside world... this morning is one of those days! We are ...
Matobo, Matopo ou Matopos?
... em Bulawayo, a linha imaginária que deu origem ao projeto. A viagem do Grande Zimbábue (Great Zimbabwe) até o Parque Nacional Matopos é relativamente curta, saímos após o meio dia e chegamos na entrada do acampamento ao anoitecer. A ...
Odprawa w hangarze, kielbasa oraz 'spirit'
... pieknego budynku lotniskowego podwiozl nas do hangaru w kolejce poznalam mlodych ludzi z dzieckiem, powiedzieli ze urodzili sie w Zimbabwe ale teraz mieszkaja z dzieckiem w Angli. Przyjechali odwiedzic rodzicow w Zimbabwe. Powiedzieli ze nowy ...
Sep 30, 2011
Day 192 - Zimbabwe, Bulawayo - Truck Party
... time, despite the numerous pee stops. Arrived at Bulawayo nearing 4pm. A city of over one million people formerly called Gu-Bulawayo meaning Killing Place, in memory of when this land was fought over by various ancient kingdoms. Much more modern than ...
come back later
This anecdote is illustrative of several aspects of Zimbabwean society. The Gwetais' friend Mr Moyo [name changed] suddenly fell ill and was taken to hospital, where he was asked for Z$360 000 in order to be admitted. (They had insurance, but you claim ...
Onto the next one...
... right in. So where exactly am I you are probably wondering… As of Thursday night, September 8th, I pulled into downtown Bulawayo in Zimbabwe after what turned out to be a 15-hour bus ride! Honestly it wasn't too bad, apart from sweating the ...
desperation humour
Ericah says: "A young boy died in the townships and, you know, a lot of people come to the viewing of the body because there is food, sometimes no one knows who these people are. The boy had been dressed in a very nice new track suit, probably someone ...
Rhodes and Rhinos
This is a top pick! ... the views. Our first stop in the park was the Memorable Order of the Tin Hats (MOTH) memorial, dedicated to those from the Bulawayo area who lost their lives in WWI and WWII. From there we stopped outside Gordon Park, arguably the site where Lord Baden ...
Firefighters in Bikinis
... (as it was a retirement home in the past). Our group was planning on staying one night but two full days in Bulawayo and taking the Thursday night train into Victoria Falls. But while in town doing cook group shopping, we discovered there had been a ...
Out on Mozambique... Into Zimbabwe
... over a fire for us. What a day. From there I headed to Chomoio which is north of Vilanculous towards the Zimbabwe border. I spent a night there staying at this crazy lady's hostel. It was called the Pink Papaya and literally everything was pink... ...
Burkes Paradise
... picked up by a lady called Christine and taken to her Back Packers called 'Burkes Paradise'.... I must say, it is very nice! I spent the night in Bulawayo, then I got the bus to Gweru, to be met by Antelope Park Guides, then to be taken to my new ...
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Arrived in Bulawayo after leaving the lions behind at Antelope park. Here we spent a couple of days at a lovely campsite that was in someones back garden, and we had the use of the annexed cottage which meand sofas, TV and and oven! so we made ...
Oct 01, 2011
Keep the ball rolling!!
Pictures from building the court over the past two weeks and the gang I work with every week.... GREAT BUNCH! Hoping that the first Shooting Touch basketball court in Gulati will be finished within the next two weeks... We're getting there people, we're ...
Walking with Lions
... I also have enjoyed my first machine washed laundry in over 40 days! After Antelope Park, we headed off to the Great Zimbabwe Ruins. This stone dwelling meaning Big Stone House was built 600-800 years ago. It's the largest stone ruins in Africa ...