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- Harare
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Zimbabwe Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Zimbabwe
Sunrise over the Falls
This morning a few of us got up early to get to the Falls for 6am to watch the sunrise. Johnny decided to stay in bed but I happily went without him. What can I say, it was beautiful! The sunrise and sunsets here in Africa are lovely as the sun literally ...
Elephant Ride
Today we did an Elephant Ride which was very very worth while, I loved it so much... I have been on these Elephants before when I was here last year, but my ride this time was fantatstic. I was on Amai (yeah, she was a good girl) and Stu was on one of ...
Day 37
Day 37 Thursday, January 13 Short note to say that Aidan is much better this morning. No Fever! Praise God! I can't tell you how stressful that was! Sheesh! Gran was stable and restful throughout the day. Hopefully ...
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 ...
Marine Corps Annual Spud Run
You guessed it Abbi won for her age division! The Marines put on an annual Spun Run which is an obstacle course run by the Marines to raise money for the Marine Ball. The obstacle consisted of a waterside, tires to crawl thru, running around dodging ...
DAY 15
DAY 15 WEDNESDAY, December 22 early morning The boat engine was finally fixed and ready for a grand day on Lake Kariba! Before we left the boat dock, Ezra dropped a worm in the water and caught a nice cat fish. First fish gets a piece of ...
Day 12
DAY 12 Sunday December 19th Trusting you got my back log of posts on Saturday. I hoped that I would be able to get some photos uploaded from Mr. Pringle's house as well but no such luck. We had another great rain storm in the evening. It ...
Birthday Time!
... normally spend 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 ...
Elephant Training/Jo'Anna the Goanna!
Today we did Elephant Training, we posed with the Elephants... we were with Tombi, who was very well behaved. We both got photos of us on her knee and on her back.... Stuart managed to 'fall' gracefull off her before getting on... he misjudge how ...
The Makgadikgadi to Mugabe
... in Kasane we only had time to quickly stock up on US$ then set off in search of the Kazungula border crossing into Zimbabwe. Having previously planned our visit to Zimbabwe on our return leg south from Ethiopia, our plans had to change when we found out ...
Misty
... to deserve this extra attention? It’s nice to feel wanted, but not like this. As of this past Sunday, the Zimbabwe government has discontinued issuing multiple VISAs, meaning that if you want to go to Zambia for the day (which also requires a ...
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 ...
So this is what it looks like....
... , and not in a good way because people’s crops are failing due to drought. So please keep Gulati village, Matopos and Zimbabwe in your prayers as they prepare for a failed harvest… Our discussions and prayers here at the moment is that the ...
Ghost Town and the Smoke that Thunders
... , I just gave up. The border crossing was less frustrating than I had anticipated, and I bought a 100 Trillion Dollar Zimbabwe note from a street vendor. The Zimbabwe currency had defaulted last year, making these notes worthless. Nonetheless I bought ...
Plumtree - poczatki
Submitted by Bartek "Jestem w Plumtree, przyjechalam w Poniedzialek. W drodze z lotniska zatrzymalismy sie na obiad. Dostalam pokoj z lazienka w domu dla podrozujacych. Poznalam juz dwie sasiadki - panie ktore pracuja w kuchni, ...
Day 11
Saturday December 18 7:00 a.m. Happy Birthday Gent and Gene! One week until Christmas! Then one week until New Years Day! Then one week until Ezzie turns 14! Then one week until my dad turns 72! Then just a couple more days and we fly home! Time? ...
Zim and Zam
... to do. We did get to watch the rugby here too (yawn). Then another day driving to Zambia. One night near Lasuka then into Zimbabwe. Us kiwis (8 of us on the truck) get into Zimbabwe free (Aussies pay $30, Poms and Irish $55. We all got into ...
Great African Trek Week 3
... and Zimbabwean money, eventually I bought some Zimbabwean Trillion and Billion Dollar notes from them just to get some peace. The Zimbabwe currency collapsed a couple of years ago due to massive inflation so the US Dollar is now the currency of choice, ...
3P's Lion Walk (Final Lion Walk)
Today is our last day of having an activity... I would have loved to walk with the 3A's again, but I chose the 3P's Lion Walk... afterall, they are why I came back, to see how they are all doing. The walk was fantastic, they were very playful.... ...
The Mist that Thunders
... it was time to go to the see Victoria Falls. We wandered over trying to get past all the guys selling trillions of redundant Zimbabwe dollars and donned our raincoats ready to get drenched as April is one of the heaviest times of the year for the Victoria ...
Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders)
... (the Smoke that Thunders) is a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls are some of the largest in the world. Victoria falls is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the ...
Victoria Falls
For the last 3 days we have been in Victoria Falls, just on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. The area is amazing,. and the falls are spectacular. We arrived 3 days ago, and straight away got to booking what activities we were going to ...
The Smoke That Thunders
From Bulawayo, Zimbabwe we visited Matobo National Park. Here we were able to walk in the park and get quite close to a Rhino. We saw leopard tracks & poo, but have yet to see a leopard in our 45 days of safari so far. Matobo Park is also home to some ...
What a week!
Just go with the flow… Honestly, I have no idea where to start with this blog, solely because I have had the most amazingly epic week… One would think after being five months into my sabbatical that things would become the norm but I ...
Elephant Walk And More Lions
... election had happened yet), and the way forward for Zimbabwe. He had the same opinion that a number of other people in Zimbabwe had – things were improving at the moment but if “certain changes” happened in the government then the pace ...
Tomorrow the real fun begins.....
Day One - Sundowner Cruise, Dinner at Boma and about 30 mosquito bites Day Two - Walking tour of the falls & Lion walk....we were able to pet two lions that were about 18 months old Day Three - Swimming at the Devils swimming pool which is at the top ...
Out of Africa
Three times we've been to Zimbabwe and three times we've stayed at Bumihills. Why? It was our "Out of Africa" experience. The lodge sits on top of a ridge overlooking Lake Kariba and a stone's throw from Matusadona National Park. ...
Whitewater Rafting on the Zambezi
Girls woke me up in time for brekkie and to say goodbye to Loris, who was going to be leaving after her helicopter flight to go to Egypt to join another Geckos tour there. The water level was still too high so rapids 1 to 11 were not available yet, just ...
Opulent and decadent
This morning we loaded in to a van and headed for Zimbabwe. The ride was pretty spectacular on both sides of the border and it was very quick even though we had quite a long wait at the border (there were loads of us on the van). Once we got in to ...