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Travel Blogs from Harare
Trillionaires, Gutter Dollars, Rand, Pula & Candy
... further north. Next to the fuel station was a park containing stone artists. I picked up a piece the artist called lovers walking together (See attached) What I liked is that all the pieces were unique works of art as opposed to stuff churned out for tourists. The only problem is it is quite weighty. I will have to carry it on the plane as hand luggage. Zimbabwe has a lot of police check points; we have been stopped many times. Not sure what the purpose of all the checks ...
Still Living The Dream
... do, is to start planning where in the world we want to spend our extra eight months. We need to consider our budget, visas, malaria zones, tours, independent travel pregnancy plans and we have to make sure that we have enough pages in our passports to make it home (please stamp our passports well Mr. Customs men!). But overall, we can relax and enjoy the fact that we are still living the dream, where ever that may take ...
Day 13 - Easter Sunday - With Family
The best news of the day is that Matt is starting to smile again and is feeling a lot better. What a relief. It is so horrible to feel sick when you are not in the comfort of your own home.
We started off the day with our traditional easter egg hunt. We had a super garden to hide the eggs in, and especially as there are SO many statues etc around, it made Matt's job easier, as he was ...
The Big House of Stone
... managed to hang on to the side. We eventually managed to get back on the boat but were a little shaken. The next few rapids were a bit scary and we all nearly killed the Polish. The Poles are great at building but rubbish at rafting.
We managed to make our way through the next 15 rapids with only me falling out once later and after our first scare it got much easier and really enjoyed the rest of the day. We have have video evidence to show the whole ...
Staying at a Zimbabwean family in the capital
... and met with some friends of them. They were very kind for me and hence I also tried to assist them where I could for example in cooking (on a fire since there was no electricity).
When reading about Harare it should be a very attractive city but for me it is nothing special if I am being honest. But maybe on a Saturday night my feelings will be different since the city comes to life in ...