Harare, Zimbabwe Travel Blogs

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Big Brother Bob is Watching
May 31, 2005

... station we drove out, and I was floored with confusion and relief. We moved slowly back the way we came, praising Harare and Zimbabwe in general to the cop still sitting in the back seat beside ________. How magnificent the city was compared to Lusaka! ...

Saturday Night in the Sunshine City
May 29, 2005

... drinks on the town. It's Saturday night and I'm itching to check out the scene. No matter how badly off things are in Harare and Zimbabwe as a whole it must still be a better party than Lusaka. We meet at the posh Bronte hotel in the Avenues, one of ...

War Vets and Yorkshire Pudding
May 30, 2005

... face ever-increasing prices on everything, and a staggeringly devalued foreign-exchange rate. At the time I was in Harare the official Zimbabwe Reserve Bank rate was 6200 Zimbabwean dollars to the American dollar. On the black market the exchange was 20, ...

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. ...

Driving in Harare - road closed
Dec 24, 2006

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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 ...

Pretoria to Harare to Lusaka
Nov 30, 2006 (3 photos)

SOUTH AFRICA to ZIMBABWE to ZAMBIA Johannesburg to Harare to Lusaka 29th - 30th November 2006 Airport - OR Tambo (formerly known as Johannesburg International) My backpack was tampered with, the plastic covering was ripped to shreds and it had clearly ...

Zimbabwe
Oct 26, 2006 (17 photos)

During my 9 months in Zim I got to travel around a fair bit and experienced lots of different things.  I got to visit the rural areas aswell as flying over Victoria Falls in a helicopter.

Hookers and Hold ups
Oct 21, 2009

... has gone on far too long .....and i really only have limited knowledge of all the angles and the complicated history that made zimbabwe what it is today. Howvere i can conclude that things are getting better even if very slowly ....the Dollar is firmly ...

Zimbabwe
Aug 30, 2006 (7 photos)

... more or less on time, which is always a pleasant surprise, despite 2 border crossings (once into Mozambique, and then into Zimbabwe). There were only three other tourists on the bus with us and had met very few other travelers along the way that had ...

Hupenyu Hutsva Children's Home, Harare
Mar 2, 2007

... into a shop to get sorted out, the peopel that work in the shops have been know to steal the parts for themselves....that\s zimbabwe for you. Drew also used to teach and is fabulous with kids so he brought along his guitar and we all sang \you are my ...

Harare
Jun 24, 2007 (24 photos)

Harare.

Birthday Time!
Mar 1, 2007 (1 photos)

... my birthday,.  It was a funny day.  We had an early set off, at 7 am, and reached the border with Zimbabwe by 8.30.  We had been briefed by rach about how to get through with minimum fuss, as getting into the country has been problematic ...

Zimbabalooba!
Jul 28, 2005

... of his visits. It was great to see development projects in action. I was also very keen to see the Zimbabwean countryside. I wanted to know where all the people were and get a glimpse of the 'real' Zimbabwe! Time was too short. I was very sad to leave.

Zimbabwe
Jul 20, 2005 (9 photos)

... the side of the road, desperately trying to get to work and of course the odd wandering goat and cow. However, despite Zimbabwe's tragic state I definitely didn't feel any strong atmosphere of depression, it was by no means a miserable place to be. The ...

Hoopla in Harare
Aug 26, 2006 (5 photos)

Hello!!! We headed towards the Zimbabwe border from Mozambique and were going into the unknown. Zimbabwe's economy has plummeted in the last few years from President Mugabe's political policies. As a result, the currency (as of August 1st 2006) had ...

do not fly air zimbabwe
Nov 2, 2006

... a cubby-hole with one man inside. Forst he looked at Mr Khan's ticket and said, Did you re-confirm? - I phoned Air Zimbabwe yesterday. - Did you give your contact number? - They didn't ask for it. - Even though we are not responsible, because you ...

Harare Airport
Jul 14, 2006

Fly from HRE - JNB... our flight was at 7.15am. Checking in and getting through customs took 20 mins - excellent time - better than Heathrow which took us over 2 hours! We laneded in J'Burg at 9am ish.

Birdland Camp - Lions and Birds
Aug 20, 2009 (28 photos)

Birdland Camp is about 30 km from Harare. It's on a beautiful lake. Some friends of the owner came with their pet - a very cute one month old baby lion. Tonight was also our dres up party. Everybody had bought an outrageous costume for somebody in the ...

Civilisation again
Apr 23, 2006 (6 photos)

... the rest of their days, drawing and re-drawing the line by which they live by. I could see why they would never leave Zimbabwe, although many have. It is a beautiful, majestic country, with sincere, and wonderful people. It is a country rich in resources, ...

Arrived in Harare
Jun 30, 2006 (1 photos)

We landed at 6.30am (approx) got through passport control about an hour later and then sat in arrivals for about an hour and a half before calling Antelope Park to see if someone would ever come and collect us! (It looks like they forgot all about us - ...

3 countries in 2 days
Aug 15, 2004 (1 photos)

... off the road for fear of hidden landmines. After 24 hours of driving & camping in Mozambique we arrived at the Zimbabwe border. The USA government currently has warnings against travel in this country, but then again there were warnings about all of ...

Day 198 199 - Zimbabwe, Harare - I Hate Lloyds
May 25, 2009

... modern with high rises, pedestrian malls and street entertainers. Locals walked by saying hello and thanking us for coming to Zimbabwe. Were warned about pickpockets but didn't have any problem, even carrying around my asking for it massive handbag. ...

Harare
Oct 27, 2008 (5 photos)

... is soaring and prices rise on an hourly basis and the use of dollars is illegal. Not an easy life if you live in Zimbabwe. Harare is the prettiest city of the ones we have seen in Africa so far. Harare is supposed to be a pretty city and not ...

Rachel's Birthday
Mar 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... people are so poor they can't afford anything. But I felt like I had done my good deed of the day. From Harare we headed to the Great Zimbabwe ruins, which is printed on the banknotes. We saw the ruin which was in a very pretty area surrounded by hills. It ...