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Welcome to Zimbabwe
After driving for a few long days, we reached the border of Zimbabwe. Canada at the moment does not have a great relationship with Zimbabwe because we publicly condemned the president, Robert Mugabe, and pulled our funding from anything to do with the man. Knowing the current attitude towards Canadians, I was a bit nervous at the border. When I …
I didn't see no empty supermarket shelves!
After Mutare HelMan and Herman were heading for Zimbabwe's capital. Unfortunately the next few days we wouldn't get a lot of sunshine but instead the rain was haunting us. Harare downtown is very modern, the city itself is really huge and you can basically can get almost anything. The negative reports in the international press about fuel shortages …
From Dusk Til Dawn
... the evolution fuelled by alcohol and the deeper exploration of the ladies make-up bags. Notable characters: Alun looking like a reject from Rocky Horror (the one too weird to cast) in a skirt with spikey hair and blood red lipstick; James relishing the opportunity to wear his peach chiffon dress again (Donna not so pleased this time...), Peter in a floral headscarf and cerise bra obviously exuding some kind of 'Sex Panther' hormone, Vikki's skeletal smile arguably ...
God's country
... with a mandatory caddy who taught me a lot about golf that day. The course was so dry that at many spots the ground cracked open and swallowed actually one of my best shots of the day. It was still a great experience. The night had another festival in line for us, this time the theme was jazz and we had a great time with the players until very late that evening. Younger and Russi really know how to party is all I will say. After another basketball session ...
Zim, one long road-block
... I'm not saying anything more in a public blog so take from that what you will.
Crossing the border was more than a little stressful but we fared reasonably well compared to some of the horror stories you hear. There are virtually no signs to help you, no obvious process, loads of people wanting to "help" and the staff there couldn't be less helpful or friendly if they tried. We went from one queue to the next and back again.
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