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Background: The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, has been the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominated the country's political system since independence. His chaotic land redistribution campaign begun in 2000 caused an exodus of white farmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread shortages of basic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation, MUGABE rigged the 2002 presidential election to ensure his reelection. Opposition and labor groups launched general strikes in 2003 to pressure MUGABE to retire early; security forces continued their brutal repression of regime opponents.




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nichts als Nullen
nichts als Nullen
....wir sind geruestet fuer Zimbabwe. Diese Waehrung des kranken Herrn M. ist nicht mehr im Umlauf, nachdem die PCs-Programme die vielen Nullen nicht mehr erfassen konnten. Von daher hatten wir die US... [more]
Natuerlich wollten wir die wunderschoenen Victoria Falls auch von der Zimbabwe-Seite anschauen. Aber wir hatten uns geschworen, dem lieben Herrn Mugabe moeglichst kein Geld zu bringen. So rangen wir uns zu einem Tagesausflug nach Zimbabwe durch. Mit dem Taxi fuhren wir zur Grenze von Zambia und dann ging es zu Fuss ueber die beruehmte Victoria Bridge. Ganze 30 US$ kostete uns das Tagesvisum. Soll Robert sich damit den Allerwertesten putzen......... Noch im Niemandsland kamen die Leute auf uns zugestuermt und wollten uns alles Moegliche und Unmoegliche verkaufen. Es gibt mittlerweile so weni [View Full Entry]

holamundo - Nina+Mark | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 6th 2009 | 31 Views | [diary=415475]

wir sind in Zimbabwe - wenn auch nur fuer einen Tag!
auch wir liefen ueber die Grenze
wunderschoener Regenbogen ueber den Boiling Pots

Restaurant Lady
Restaurant Lady
She was upset we didn't eat "her" breakfast.
At the early morning game tour Lee petted a wild lion and still has one hand. Our “lion encounter” included breakfast which we did not realize. Upon returning to the hotel, our Dining Dominatrix Diva was visibly upset that we declined “her” breakfast. The next morning as she seated us she said “Room 11 - You did NOT eat breakfast yesterday.” Our explanation failed to placate her, but she smiled when I took her picture with Lee. Two vivid memories from the Zambezi River Sunset Cruise: 1. The “Elephant Diet” - one squat and you drop 48 [View Full Entry]

DonKey44 - Don Key | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 2nd 2009 | 62 Views | [diary=404573]

Above Victoria Falls
Baobab Tree
Same Tree

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Display in Johannesburg Airport
Our first two nights in JoBurg were at the Airport Game Lodge, “Where Wild is Mild, and Game is Tame.” We selected the Pretoria City Tour of the Vortrekker Monument, Church Square, and Paul Kruger House. He knew how to live, but died in exile. We have 10 million Zimbabwe Dollar notes that won’t buy a stick of gum. Zimbabwe only deals in U.S.D. and S. Africa Rand which are also basically worthless but easy to convert. We tried to eat at Wimpy’s, but after our first two choices were “not available”, and we looked at the kitchen, we purchased [View Full Entry]

DonKey44 - Don Key | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 1st 2009 | 43 Views | [diary=404319]

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Now that we were so close to the Victoria Falls we could of course not skip them! Went to the town called Vic Falls and stayed at Shoestring Backpackers. Great place with a pair of massive great danes guarding the place. =) Had a walk to Pizza Inn for dinner, nom nom, but the walk home was Scary! Pitch black, who knows what is hiding in the dark? Buffalos, elephants, stray dogs, crazy people... But we made it home safely. =) The next day we walked to the Falls, about a 20 minute walk. Rented ponchos at the gate, trust us [View Full Entry]

Thedah - Theres Dahlgren | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 26th 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=402286]

Victoria Falls

The last 4 days have been amazing! On Thursday morning we started our 3 day Hwange experience. Hwange is Zimbabwe's largest national park. We arrived at the travel agent meeting point at 8:45 to find we were the only 2 people on this trip. We were previously surprised by the lack of tourists around Victoria Falls and it is evermore apparent that the bad political state of the country is putting off many tourists from coming here at the moment though there is no need to worry, these things are blown out of proportion and everywhere we have been feels reasonably [View Full Entry]

Si and Jess 2009 RTW adventure - Simon Hartley & Jessie Watts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 5th 2009 | 145 Views | [diary=387687]

Waterhole, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Waterhole, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Ostrich

Hello England! We arrived today in Victoria Falls after a 11 hour flight first to Jo'Burg then a 2 hour flight transfer. Was shattered when first arrived but after hour kip went a stroll to meet the local wildlife - the first of which were Wild Boar! These were actually wild ones though not like those being served on The Vine menu! Lots of monkeys also (we were told to keep windows shut to stop them coming in!) and lots of elephant dung so presumably we're see some elephants sooner or later! We're exploring Victoria Falls properly later in the week [View Full Entry]

Si and Jess 2009 RTW adventure - Simon Hartley & Jessie Watts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 1st 2009 | 118 Views | [diary=386809]

Zambia-Zimbabwe crossing bridge over the River Zambezi
Zambia-Zimbabwe crossing bridge over the River Zambezi
Zambia-Zimbabwe crossing bridge over the River Zambezi

Please when you visit Victoria Falls think twice about undertaking activities which involve using captive animals. Whilst undoubtedly amazing personal experiences, have a thought for the captive animals which are being used to make money for the commercial opperations which exploit them. For example, there are over 50 captive elephants in Victoria Falls which are exploited in elephant-back rides. Most of these are orphans (from culling operations) but some have recently been captured from the wild - taken from one of Zimbabwe's National Parks. Keeping elephants in captivity and utilising th [View Full Entry]

PantheraNegro - Quentin Jones | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 7th 2009 | 51 Views | [diary=371086]


My wife and I visited Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe Dec 16- 19, 2008. While we were there we realized that there were lots of things we would like to have known before we visited so that we could have prepared a bit better. So I thought I would post a blog here with some info if you are planning on traveling to Vic Falls anytime soon. Vic Falls Isn't Affected By The Situation In Zimbabwe Is It? A lot of the people we talked to in South Africa said that Vic Falls was not being affected by the issues the rest of [View Full Entry]

TheCowans - Scott and Shauna Cowan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 28th 2009 | 418 Views | [diary=367242]

Downtown Victoria Falls
Warthog Crossing in Downtown Vic Falls
Border Bridge Into Zambia

By travelbugs
December 13th 2008
Zimbabwe Africa » Zimbabwe » Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe, no way! That was my original thought. It was the time that the cholera outbreak and Mugabe's horrific lack of response started hitting the press. I didn't think it would be a good idea to go. However, a big part of traveling is meeting people along the way who can give you insight into the place you are considering visiting. We met a lovely couple in Botswana who made me feel less concerned about going (thank you, Paul and Isabelle!) and I'm so glad we did. That said, we decided not to venture too far and stayed in the border [View Full Entry]

travelbugs - Heather & Florian | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 13th 2009 | 306 Views | [diary=353879]

Botswana/Zimbabwe Border
Zimbabwe
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Let me start by saying the internet here in Zimbabwe literally takes 20 mins to load Google and so I cant upload photos here but as soon as connection gets better I will chuck them up. Well since last week we have done a fair bit. I left you in Cape town which is where we stayed a couple more nights. Wilson and I climbed Lions head which is a stand alone mountain beside table mountain and we nearly died from dehydration but the view made it very worth while. We then did one of these hop on/off tours round the [View Full Entry]

markbgood - Mark Good | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 30th 2008 | 284 Views | [diary=349938]

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