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.

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

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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