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The Magic Receipt  
   

The Magic Receipt

We got it from two Americans we met in Zambia and even though it was more than two months old it still worked at every place we tried it at. What one must do is to change 10U.S.$ at a bank at the officila rate (which means one looses about 9U.S.$ while changing). Then one adds a zero after 10, thus changing it into 100U.S.$. Without the receipt all foreigners must pay in forex since the corrupt government is eager for hard cash, but if one can proof that one has changed at a bank at Mugabes "official" rate - one can pay in Zim-dollars and everything becomes very cheap. DON'T SUPPORT EVIL GOVERNMENT. SUPPORT YOUR OWN BUDGET INSTEAD. FRAUD TO THE PEOPLE...
A fading hope

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
Africa » Zimbabwe » Bulawayo

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
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