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- Harare
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Travel Blogs from Zimbabwe
Zim's top predator - Traffic Cops or Mana's Lions?
We had previously thought that rafting the Zambezi was the most extreme adrenalin sport in Zimbabwe, it was nothing when compared to negotiating a path through Harare's now defunct traffic lights. Kwetu was obviously having some emotional issues too, as ...
One of Nature's Wonders
... as there was a wedding being held on the grounds. But the views were still incredible as they overlooked the bridge joining Zimbabwe and Zambia. On Sunday (9/3), we decided to venture to another country on our own. We walked across the Zambezi bridge ...
Fun With Lions at Antelope Park
Packed, brekkie and on the road by 7:00 today as we had to get to Antelope Park by midday but it didn’t take too long to hit the first police check point, and then Clayton got a speeding ticket. The truck is speed limited to 100 km/hr with a ...
AFRICA
The following photographs were taken on various trips to Africa which included stops in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, The Seychelle Islands, Botswana, Namibia and ...
The towering falls of Zim and Zam
Damn those Iguazu Falls. Impressive as Zambia and Zimbabwe's towering Victoria Falls are, there's simply no denying that they weren't nearly as awe-inspiring as the titanic Iguazu Falls of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. In saying that, we were ...
De Mutare a Masvingo - Zimbábue
... o policial reparou "vcs são do Brasil" e perguntou onde íamos. Quando dissemos que íamos a Masvingo e Grande Zimbábue (Great Zimbabwe) ele abriu um sorriso de satisfação. "É a minha cidade natal! Eu nasci lá!". Trocamos umas palavras, dissemos que ...
Houseboats
... really nice. We also lost 2 people, Vicky & Craig who were lovely so we'll miss them. We crossed into Zimbabwe & spent a night in a campsite at the edge of Lake Kariba. The next morning we boarded the houseboats where we spent 2 ...
Victoria Falls
May 18: (continued) After finishing the border formalities of Zimbabwe we arrived in Victoria Falls. We went to the local office of the overland truck company for a briefing about the activities available. I signed up for four of them. The first was ...
Christmas with a difference!
Hey folks! Hope you all had a great christmas & new year. Mine was certainly different, very strange being away from all of you! Vic Falls was great & action packed to say the least. We were satying at a Campsite called ...
A Walk on the Wild Side
Hi! After leaving the Zim Ruins, we arrived at Antelope Park located just outside of Gweru. Antelope Park is a fantastic lion and elephant park. Upon arriving, we watched a DVD of all of their activities available to us. The park is famous for ...
Great game viewing
Hwange is a great spot to see wildlife. This was also our third visit here....previously we had stayed at the Hwange Safari Lodge but this time we chose to stay at nearby Detema. While the accommodations were fun (our cabin was perched in a ...
Ziggy and his Pet Lion.
... were going to the Zimababwe side of Vic Falls...............i thought about it for a few seconds then thought .....yeah ......why not ........Zimbabwe! The joys of being Flexible ( and completely unorganized) I travelled in 3 countries that day , Namibia, ...
Greater Zimbabwe
... , quite a shithole if you ask me. Not a place to be recommended. But then there are not many proper backpacker places in Zimbabwe...and hardly any backpackers ;-) But a gem of a cafe is "The Hidden Garden Cafe". Had 3 meals there, really delicious. ...
Sep 30, 2011
Day 4
... each day that I can. I'll post on our return. Have a great holiday and know that we are thinking of you all from Zimbabwe! Okay! I am at a wifi hotspot! Eating muffins and milkshakes with the boys and the twins. Photos move so slow I ...
Day 27
DAY 27 Monday, January 3 I am getting my things in order to post my blog recounting our last few days since the car crash. I feel the need to get the straight scoop out there for you all to read. We've called home with some details. Now ...
Back to school
January here in Zimbabwe means the start of a new school year for children and this January was pretty special for one of the lads from our Shooting Touch basketball program here in Gulati. Wellington has been part of "my crew" since September, taking ...
De volta ao Zim
Por Robson. O projeto 20°12' é um projeto que tem como objetivo registrar situações de todos os países com terras no paralelo 20°12'Sul. Para saber mais sobre o Projeto 20°12', visite a página inicial sobre este blog. Este post marca nossa volta ...
Im here, ok and absolutely love it.
Hey everybody, I have arrived and i have fallen in love with the place already it is incredible that is the only way i can describe it. Im staying at a place called Antelope Park which is a reserve in the middle of nowhere with 3000 Acres of ...
Day 18
Day 18 Saturday, December 25 Happy Birthday Jesus! 5:30 came REAL early! All the kids rolled out of their tents at the crack of dawn! We had agreed on 6:00 but they fudged a little. The baby croc greeted me with his beady little yellow ...
The Zimbabwian Trillionare
... and set off for the boarder half an hour later we had arrived. Leaving the country as usual wasn't a problem but entering Zimbabwe was a bit more troublesome. We went to the immigration line and waited patiently and then handed our passports over. It was ...
Day 38
Day 38 Friday, January 14 It was decided on Thursday that Gran would need a tracheatomy with some suction on the junk in her lungs. That happened this morning at 7:30 a.m. They also did a culture from her lungs and had Alan take it to ...
The Owl, The Chameleon, and The Bird of Paradise
... sewing machine tables. Its very creative, and its heartening to see that while the rest the world is in a recession, Zimbabwe is actually experiencing growth. The strangest thing happened to Marco the other day. He was walking past a bouganvilla bush ...
Full Moon in Kariba
... is the largest man made lake in the world. Its stretches over 200kms and it is located on the Zambezi river, bordering between Zimbabwe and Zambia, and it supplies electricity to both countries. Its dam wall was designed by an Italian architech, who ...
natural wonder of the world
Victoria Falls: one of the 3 largest waterfalls and 7 natural wonders of the world. Aside from the falls it was impressive to see elephants roaming all over town. I saw a few run over a gate at night and rip down branches off a tree. So awesome to have ...
Of red velvet spiders and their rifles....
The rains have finally arrived and dropped the temperature quite nicely for us. With the rain comes a whole host of new creatures emerging from the ground. There are these little red velvety spiders everywhere. I counted 50 in a 5m square area. They are ...
day 36
Day 36 Wednesday, January 12 Okay, I missed a day. Things are busily weird here. Debbie's mom is not doing well at all. They discovered a huge hematoma on here sternum. They are draining it now but she is back on the ...