http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Zimbabwe , Harare en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:37:09 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:37:09 UTC We were up at dawn 5.30 am to be certain to get to the Immigration Office when they opened at 8am we located the place yesterday. We were there early where the youngsters in the street were more than ready to find us parking slots and to look after our vehicles. While awaiting the office to open we were looking through the shop window of a gunsmith cum safari operator when he turned up himse http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-342367.html We were ldquodiscoveredrdquo at breakfast when a cheerful local man turned up with his 2 dogs and armed with a catapult. He hunted regularly thus equipped and told us that he then traded the rabbits he killed for maize flour. Nobody had any money. He looked fit and well himself and was delighted to chat with us as we packed up to go. Our first encounter with a Zimbabwean.We then set off to http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-342363.html httpwww.africancrisis.co.zaArticle.phpID11954 im pasting this link which is probably i am told the REAL mansion.check it out and let me know...robinUPDATE I MUST APOLOGISE... IVE MADE A MISTAKE. THIS ISNT ROBERT MUGABES MANSION.ITS HIS COUSINS... APPARENTLY MUGABES MANSION IS EVEN BETTER... DOES THAT MAKE ME A RHODESIAN RACIST DOES THAT MAKE ME A SPOKEPERSON FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMEN http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-219289.html Hello friends family and people who happened to have stumbled across these words of mine. Before I start don't get too excited I don't have access to the web these are emailed from outlook to home to be updated on my behalf As I sit typing in my cousin's suburban Harare home my fingers are slipping off the keyboard it's hot but not as hot as it is going to be as i'm assured by all and sundry http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-209500.html BordersAfter crossing lots of borders we thought we had it sussed until Zimbabwe Under the section occupation you can write pretty much anything...astronaut engineer prostitute maybe...but whatever you do don't put information officer. Duh Rach got grilled at the border by two officials so you come to seek information who suspected she was a journalist the BBC are banned from Harar http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-178729.html Not much to say about this city. Next destination is Malawi but it's a long drive from Gweru so we stopped off for a night in the capital city. It was certainly interesting driving through and wondered why soo many police checks along the way later found out a planned assasination of President Mugabe was foiled.....exciting stuff. The main mode of transport around these parts is foot or bicycl http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-173429.html It's catch up time again. Nick and I spent the past few weeks on Lake Malawi where the weather's beachy perfect but the idea of internet access hasn't dawned. So I'll start with Zim today and write a bit about the lake beaches soon. There's something so exhilirating about crossing a border into a brand new country especially when it's a country like Zimbabwe. Coup expected this week the new http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-166991.html My only previous trip to Harare was in the mid1980s while traveling between Moroni Comoros and Nairobi. My working sojourn in Harare from February 16 with a weekend in Victoria Falls see separate post confirmed what I had remembered that Harare is a beautifully laid out city with broad streets and boulevards large trees and parks and many attractives buildings. The infrastructure of http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-129411.html Just quick hallo from crazy Zimbabwe After Tanzania and the paradise we spent few days at Lake Malawi in Malawi nothing special to tell you the truth. Than last fer days we've been sitting on the truck driving thru Mozambiqe beautifil landscape and yesterday we've arrived in Herare capital of Zimbabwe The money situation in Zim is absolutely crazy inflation reached 1200 and money exchang http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-122689.html One by one the big overland truck companies arrived. To the chorus of the SoftRock band Totorsquos ldquoAfricardquo the trucks would park open their doors and like if someone had opened a tap emptying its content of partylongingtourists in yet another place to spend their greenbacks. Some pitch their tents others head straight to the bar. The Victoria Falls. A guaranteed stopover o http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-118130.html Early Impressions...Harare feels a lot like suburban France although there is nothing distinctly French about it but I guess suburbs have that timeless universal effect of squandering culture. The architecture in the capital is strikingly diverse there is the strong British colonial presence mixed in between clusters of post modern and experimental buildings. One thing that is truly unfortun http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-73425.html Kondwa and Beyond...So for the past three weeks Meg Ally Nick and I have been spending our days at the Kondwa Day Center for Orphans doing S.E.E.D. stuff painting and attending Home Based Care visitations for HIVAIDS victims. It has been a really positive experience I have new hope for the world and a new perspective more on this later.character description Nick is a sucessful rasta pain http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-72595.html Other Travellers We lost Charlie. Yes it took Jas and I quite a while to get over that blow. Fortunately we started travelling with two English guys Pat and Finbar and an Aussie chick Lucy. Vic Falls HighlightsGetting asked by a local guy to dance. I didn't but it was still flattering. President's and assholes occupied most of our times once again and truth be told it was quite fun. Sinc http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-64286.html First published in The Edmonton Journal May 6 2006The thing the darkness hates most is the light Zimbabwean commercial farmer Ben Freeth tells me.Ben is referring to the fear and destruction propagated by Robert Mugabersquos regime in a land that was once an African success story. In the past 10 years Mugabe has destroyed what was once the bread basket of Africa.Zimbabwe had never experience http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-59478.html So the first day when I have arrived here in Zimbabwe I made a call back to Zambia to check on the status on of my work permit. The answer that was given to me was that it was almost ready and that I should check back tomorrow. So I spent the day doing a blitz tour of Harare quickly getting a small feel for Zimbabwe and then the next day with my bag packed I gave a call to Zambia. But when I http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-14237.html So I'm still here in Zim drinking a hot cup of tea because the African winter is just settling in and believe it or not itrsquos cold enough that I can see my breath in the mornings. I remain in exile from under the information that my Zambian work permit should be ready tomorrow. However this is the exact same information that I was told when I was deported so I am now defining the term t http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-14234.html Today we finally got out of the city to see how the majority of Zimbabweans live. There are many things to explain about life here. Going to Ethiopia and Zimbabwe is like night and day. The main reason is Ethiopia was the only country in all of Africa that wasnrsquot colonized by another country. The lay out of the country supports this. What I mean is there really is not a civil plan. T http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-11519.html I just managed to get the last few blogs from Ethiopia on the site so go backwards and find the ones you have not read. I am sorry but I could only get 2 pictures to load onto the internet. Maybe I can catch up later with more pictures. There was not enough fuel to travel today but we have fuel for tomorrow. That means I will get out of the city to see some of the countryside. Harare is ju http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-11296.html Hello everyoneI am sorry I have gone so long without blogging but when I was in Addis I had no time but now that I have gotten to Harare there are difficulties with the internet. I have written some blogs that I will post when I have better internet access from my last fews days in Ethiopia but quickly I will give you a overview of Harare. I don't want to lose my connectionAlready we have http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-11229.html Since I wrote last I made it to the city center again with my buddy. He showed me around some more after which he got a call from a friend who had a flat tire and no spare. So we drove out to look for this friend of his and lend him my friendrsquos spare. I asked my friend how he knew this man and he said ldquoWe met while we were getting our cars serviced.rdquo This friend was pretty http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-1406.html I just got here two days ago so I havenrsquot done all that much except for doze through some staff meetings at my job and get slightly settled in to my new place. Irsquom living in a suburb called Borrowdale which from what I gather is the Bel Air CA not MD of Harare. I live in a ridiculous little guest house note pic on the estate of an older British couple. I have full access to t http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Zimbabwe/Harare/blog-1324.html