The Great Zimbabwe II

The entrance is 32U.S.$ for two people, but if one's got a magical receipt (see earlier caption) one pays only 3.2U.S.$...............................A prominent feature of the Great Zimbabwe is the 10-m high conical tower inside the greater enclosure. The wall at the greater enclosure is 11m high, 5m thick and 255 m in circumference. Around the ruins monkeys and antelopes live. Bring a picnic.


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Zimbabwean  Flag 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 ... [read more]
Blog: A fading hope
Date: December 18th 2006

The train had stopped.

My thin sarong and I had spent the night in a stillborn struggle against the cold night air that blew through the broken window of our compartment. To be awoken by the chattering of a thousand voices was nothing but a well-earned relief. A hodgepodge of odds and ends was offloaded in a commotion of big-mamas, then stowed into already cramped taxis and taken to ... read more







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