Pamushana Chiredzi

... long ago had too much time on their hands.. Jimmy you would love it so many boulders with so much potential.

When heading to the monument look for the sign that looks like it is advertising a lodge!! Signage in Zim is obviously low priority as they try to sort out the country.. We have been lost almost every day. There is a good side to bad signage you get to see some parts of the scenery twice when backtracking.

Il y a bien des ruines en Afrique. Voici, la plus connue celle du grand zimbabwe qui a donne le nom au pays ainsi que l embleme qui se trouve sur le drapeau du pays.

Le site est impressionant meme si beaucoup de speculation entour ce dernier. Notamment pourquoi il a ete abandonne (surpopulation ?), a quoi servent certaines structures (notamment le grand enclos 255m de circonference des murs de plus de 10m de haut et 5m d epaisseur et sa tour ronde.

... as the owner is an opposition MP. The camp had been set a light in June and was "closed for refurbishing". We found out the truth a bit later after they graciously let us stay. They cleaned out the bathrooms for us and put some Fanta in the fridge so we could have cold drinks. The grounds were infested with scorpions and we made our dinner fighting off beatles and flies. We slept well that night, but woke up realizing we ...

... African rural subsistence farming society in only a few short years. It is heartbreaking to see how some of the most productive agricultural land in Southern Africa lies fallow. The less said about this, the better. It also seemed as if the whole of Zimbabwe has been burned down. From where we entered Zimbabwe at Plumtree, the grass has been burned down and this was the position the whole way to Marongoro. A perpetual haze hid the sky ...

... his worst economic crime has been the arbitrary seizing of private property; most notably the farmland of whites. Talk about a one way ticket to disaster, why doesn't he just build a gigantic neon sign over the country that says: Never invest here, ever. What sensible person would ever buy a home or invest in a business in Zimbabwe when the government can simply steal it from you, leaving you with no recourse whatsoever but to tuck tail and run thankful you didn't get ...

... lift to catch a bus, let alone two. This was just yet another example to me of Zimbabwean kindness, and hospitality towards a foreign visitor. The trip to the bus station revealed the other face of Harare, which which we foreigners are not supposed to see. The cleanliness was gone; rubbish littered potholed streets. There were very run-down looking buildings, and a look of poverty about the place. The bus station was lively, as any African one is, where you have to watch your belongings ...

After the worst nights sleep I think Ive ever had I woke up feeling not great and mozzie bitten. We departed Heaven and its grotty loos and headed towards the Great Zimbabwe Ruins. The bus journey was tough as I was feeling worse than I felt yesterday. Simon and I decided that if I was still poorly by the afternoon we would seek a doctor. The areas we have been travelling in are malarious and although we have been covering up in the ...

We said goodye toVilanculos with its white sand and turquoise water, palm trees etc etc and sat in the truck for 6 hours en route to Casamsika - the area that provides most of the irrigation water for Mozambique's mango and coconut plantations. Melvyn got swindled out of 700 Meticals (aout 20GBP) at a petrol station - they had lied about the exchange rate they were giving him and pocketed the change. Youve got to admire the cheek of the petrol ...

Stayed in Backpackers Rest in Masvingo, 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. Took the local bus towards Great Zimbabwe, the minibus going to Morgensterne. Then there was a 2km walk to the ruins, through a beautiful hotel. Great Zimbabwe is the name given to the remains ...

we headed for Great Zimbabwe National Monument. It took us over 4 1/2 hours to travel there (in a really uncomfortable car I might add but at least we had transportation). Great Zimbabwe is the oldest settlement in South Sahara. It's really amazing; you can't even see the king's residence on the hill because it blends in so well ...