http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Zimbabwe , Harare en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:44:33 +0000 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:44:33 +0000 Zimbabwe39s poverty problem is punctuated in part by a technology gap but particularly by bad government. Typical of an African nation Zimbabwe lacks the agricultural technology irrigation and fertilizer to feed itself. But this problem is mainly due to the negligence corruption and incompetence of despot Robert Mugabe.As far as technology goes Zimbabwe lags behind even other African nati http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-780180.html Evening everyone this is to be my first blog of many I hope. I have started this because I love travel and love helping people now I can do both. Each day I will give an update on how my business is going tip of the day guides and much more. I am hoping this helps anyone looking to answer those questions they have eating away at them. So if you want to know something about anyway or want me to http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-777552.html 1. What specific pieces of evdence are there that bad gov39t and corrupt leadership are causing povery in Zimbabwe.Starting in 2000 the economy began to drastically decline. The Mugabe gov39t seized white owned farms and hyperinflated the value of money. One US cent is the equivilant of 250000 zimbabwe dollars. As a result of all this inflation workers have very little money left after p http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-776554.html The bus from Victoria Falls to Harare took about 13 hours and was extremely uncomfortable. The only decent road to make the journey takes you back down to Bulawayo then north east towards Harare. We hadn39t got much sleep by the time we arrived at midday. I rang Niall who I had met in Vilankulos and had offered us a bed when we got to Harare. After about 15 minutes he pulled up in a 1964 sa http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-771134.html Why TravelIn real estate they say location is everything. In business success usually has a great deal to do with timing. In travel there couldnt be a better moment than right now. We are currently experiencing the intersection of two very big trends that WorldVentures is perfectly poised to take advantage of.Trend 1Simply put travel is the worlds largest industry. At over 8 Trillion s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-767166.html ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtSpringtime for Hitler and Zimbabwe HOW TO BECOME A TRILLIONAIREMel Brooks wrote once wrote a humorous parody called ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgt The Producers a story about two Jewish producers who are in financial trouble and try to write a story that they think will fail they plan to cash in on that failur http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-757490.html Pics of ME with my friends and family in Harare Zimbabwe. Goodtimes http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-745563.html After my trip to Victoria Falls i spent two weeks in my beloved Harare.The capital city of Zimbabwe Harare is a beautiful lightfilled open city high on the country39s central plateaux.It is a city of modern buildings wide thoroughfares numerous parks and gardens. A city whose streets are lined with flowering trees and a wonderful and invigorating climate.There is a strong appreciation http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-745562.html Hi everyone me againand back with an update on Day 2 in Harare and P.S. my phenomenal team members Cheryl and Jade are helping me out with this blog I can39t seem to upload multiple photos directly in here so they are handling it check back to yesterday39s post and you will see the photos are now included in there Thanks teamThis is the day we have been dreaming o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-726458.html Hi everyone I39m backSo here39s the thing I want to get this blog post out to you before I get so 39backed up39 that you won39t be receiving ANY blog posts.....but I am having difficulty uploading photos something to do with 39plugins39.....it39s all Greek to me Anyway I made a decision tonight.....it39s getting late and I must be up at 415 a.m. to catc http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-725977.html OK the internet is having issues and i have spent all day trying to add photos to this blog but no luck I will try and put them up in the nxt few days.Having left the farm early this morning I am now back at Hogwarts the Harare house. Though I have heard that a lot of people dont like the house which used to be a school I think its brilliant. Its very higgledy piggledy with room http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-702489.html The FarmStaying on the farm has been and continues to be until 6am tomorrow amazing. Life out here is so action packed I am always so busy which is why it has taken me 4 weeks to start writing a proper blog. Whether swimming in the pool jacuzzying reading in the sun going to Clives aviary yes aviary checking out the ostrich or being set on by the pack of dogs Bella Nushka Delilah http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-702001.html OK so thus far my blogging has been poor awful so i thought I should catch up on the events so far. I am not a talented writer and I39m sure the following paragraphs are going to be pretty dull to read but here we go this is more a blog for me to look back on and then can remember the stories and tell them later.The School I have spent most of my time in Zim helping to teach at St Basil39 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-700424.html Arrived into Harrare to find a visa payment of 55 a portrait of Mugabe and a thourough search awaiting me along with Graham and Pauline in the arrivals lounge. Apart from Graham misplacing the parking ticket which was sorted out by a fee of 2 the journey to town was easy if a little uncomfortable on the worst roads ever made.Spent the first night with Heather Clive and Carly in Hogwarts http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-693535.html So far stuck in nairobi thrown a dog into a pool eaten a steak the size of my face and shot a black mamba I hope the following month is as good as the first few days http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-693411.html Developed organized friendly plenty of choices are things that we were not expecting to find in Zimbabwe but from our time here so far we have been amazed at how easy this country actually is. The media has made this country sound like a horrible place to visit and travel to but the reality is completely different. The media portrayed Zimbabwe as one of the most dangerous in the world just few http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-692327.html Our chums in Blantyre had recommended staying in Chocas. It wasn39t particularly clear why though. The town itself was slightly run down holiday homes but it clearly wasnt holiday season. We chugged the L200 through the town no shops or business to find a sea front lodge to stay at. The sea front after Chocas town is dominated by a long spit of white sand dunes. It has been designated http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-667707.html You believe in fate and that everything happens for a reason. You remain in high spirits even though everything seems to be going wrong. You begin to feel trapped and wonder why you cant escape the city.Traveling through Africa without a plan or set itinerary is the only way to travel a continent where political unrest riots and problems can happen at any moment. But poor public transport http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-653024.html First the good news.... I39m an effing Trillionaire I am now holding a stack of 50 Billion dollar notes and am a certified trillionaire. I also am planning on tripling my fortune tomorrow. The bad news... 1 trillion zimbabwe dollars doesn39t go too far these days. It is worth about 50 cents and that is all that I have in my wallet today. Doh. Wow so it has been a bit of a whirlwind http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-617500.html As I looked out the plane window over the vast savannah grasslands of the African continent I had to keep reminding myself that my destination was Zimbabwe . Having travelled most of the world this was one place I had yet to experience and to be honest I was slightly nervous. This is a country that makes the news not for its beautiful scenery warm people and utopian climate but for its sha http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-616687.html