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I did a 4 week overland trip in Africa. from niarobi to Victoria Falls! It was so good, we went through tanzania, stopping at Zanzibar. I did a side trip and went to the serengetti and Ngorongoro crater. then went through Malawi, Mozambique, & Zimbabwe. I had no problems in any of the countries, met some awesome people on the truck. walked with lions, saw cheetahs kill a gazelle and did a bungee jump!

Hello all from Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, i've decided, is a good country to go to if you feel like turning mildly insane. hehe na just kidding. its just, if i could use one word to describe it, that word would be SLOW. everything is slow here. but its all good. a good cheap place to stop inbetween activities. i've finished with the tour group now which is kind of bitter sweet. on the one hand its good to be able to do what you feel like doing, rather than what someones organised for you... on the o...

As I've mentionned, the situation is getting wors and wors in Zimbabwe. And it's killing the toerist business, so that means another disaster for the locals. You must know that when you want to visit Zimbabwe coming from Zambia, you are only allowed into the country if you order a taxi from Zimbabwe. Only problem is that the cars in Zimbabwe are becomming in a terrible state and they can't get spare parts for them so it travelling to Zimbabwe becomes more and more an adventure. Once passed th...

While staying at Victoria Falls we went to the "Lion Encounter". They raise lions to be released into wild areas where they have disappeared. You walk with these young lions for approx.2 hours with guides. The rules are as follows-1)Use your twig to keep them away2)Keep away from their heads AKA Teeth and 3)Never ever ever RUN.

My Bungee jump. 111 metres of pure adrenaline...

I arrived in Zimbabwe in May, 2005 for my 3 month internship with the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Zimbabwe.  My day-to-day life in Zimbabwe is detailed at http://zimjournal.blogspot.com I will use this travbuddy blog to rate places to see & stay, things to do, etc.  

'Zimbabwe, the home of the lion. Upside down trees and great planes of yellow grass reflecting the sun - which is yellow - and radiates the open planes, course with wilder beast, zebras and lions giving everything a Darwinist feeling of belonging to a greater kingdom'

The VFs is much more stunning from ZIM side. You could feel the cool air and "shower" from the Falls. 

We finally made it to Zimbabwe...never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would spend time in Zimbabwe. Culture shock started out with our tour leader having to bribe border control because they were trying to scam the Canadian on our bus to make him pay again because his visa costs the most. Then it continued once we arrived and certain companies were illegally exchanging US dollars into Zim dollars for those on tour because the current exchange rate is 1 $US is worth 1.1mil zwd (z...

Situated 8km from Gweru in the Zimbabwe Midlands, the Antelope Park was another picture-postcard campsite on the edge of a river. Very modern in facilities, this is a privately-owned park with a plethora of activities for young and old. We chose our activities carefully, starting on Day One with a morning stroll across the plains, accompanied by four young lions (well, it gets lonely out here after a while). It was an amazing experience to be so close to these potential man-killers - claws a...

Was in Zimbabwe when the whole money thing went down in the capital (third bullet dodged, though this one just barely), so had to change my plans again. This was easier, because I was in Victoria Falls at the time. Simply crossed to the other side of the falls and I was in Zambia. Not that Zambia's much better, but at least the corrupt officials have to work at taking your money instead of just pulling a gun on you. Non-government controlled local newspaper: Zimbabwean security forces this ...

My best mate EB and I set off for a 2mth overland trip of a life time. As it was a while ago, this is just a brief description of the fun we had!

We are now in Zimbabwe- We were thinking Vic Falls was a big town.... but there is really not much here. The exchange rate on money here is 350,000 to $1 usd.  The bills are 100,000 so you have to carry a huge bag around with you for all of the money!  It takes forever to buy anything because you have to count all of the money.  Beer here is 300,000.  

3 weeks in Africa

Botswana Africa..what an amazing country!!