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Zimbabwe Travelogue Index September 22nd – Always do three things that might kill you before breakfast. I’ve actually already written a bit about this, which was actually posted the day it happened. But, what the heck, it’s in my travelogue too, and this time, I have pictures! and Video! So, re-read. We were picked up [...]

Zimbabwe Travelogue Index September 20th & 21st: Victoria Falls Made it to Victoria Falls on Thursday, most of us completely hungover from the adventures of the night before, and went out to book our activities for the day. On the agenda, we have a lion walk, an elephant ride, an adrenaline package, and an evening [...]

I’m not an economist by any stretch — sort of the opposite, really. But this blows me away: When I arrived in Zimbabwe, the exchange rate we got was roughly 180,000 zim to $1US. When I left, it was about 340,000 zim to $1US. Today, it’s 1,000,000 zim to $1US. Jesus christ on toast. A [...]

Zimbabwe Travelogue Index So, a big part of the trip was animals — seeing them, eating them, touching them, and so on. I eventually kept a list of everything I saw. And ate. And now, I share it with you! Animals – Leopard – Elephants. Thousands of ‘em. (Ate some elephant jerky. Tasted like cardboard [...]

Zimbabwe Travelogue Index September 19th – Red Cross We finally were able to go to the red cross to help feed the orphans. We hadn’t been able to prior to this for a few reasons: First, they ran out of mealie meal (cornmeal) and couldn’t make the sadza they feed to the orphans. To counter [...]

Zimbabwe Travelogue Index I didn’t have a chance to update any more of my travelogue tonight… but I did upload this video of Tambi, an absolutely adorable 8 month old elephant. I totally think she’d fit in my apartment. And I’m sure Justice would love her! Ok, so she’s 8 months old and already comes [...]

Zimbabwe Travelogue Index Sunday, Sept 16th I almost had the date wrong for this entry, since my laptop is still on Vancouver time… and it’s 2 minutes to midnight there. Oops. It’s hard to keep up with this journaling thing. Mostly, I’m so bloody exhausted by the end of the day that it’s much easier [...]

Zimbabwe Travelogue Index Sep 11 2007 – Orientation I’ve been here nearly two weeks, but since I arrived the day after the last orientation, we didn’t have another one until today. Also being “oriented” is Tara, who came down for the pathfinder course, and Jim, who arrived yesterday. Orientation is basically a tour around the [...]

Zimbabwe Travelogue Index Sunday, September 9th – Pathfinders This is the first time I’ve had a chance to write in a week. Monday through Saturday this week, I was on the Bush Awareness course via Pathfinders. Craig of Safari Votre (website is in french, alas) came out to teach us as much about surviving in [...]

Zimbabwe Travelogue Index Sunday, Sept 2nd Day off! Oops — slept in. Gladys, our most excellent cook, was a little miffed at our lateness. But the food was wonderful regardless. I mentioned that I’m a computer geek by trade, and have been enlisted in helping a few people with their technical issues. So far, I’m [...]