We left Harare leading for Gwero (12 hours). We stayed at Antelope Park, a rather slick operation that was trying to reintroduce Lions back into the wild in various places in Africa. We got a drum and dance reception when we got there, ice cold drinks and the promise of showers that actually worked. There was pretty much all that you can do with Lions, elephants etc on offer. Being budget conscious we decided to go on a night safari where we followed the Lions th...

The group wasted no time in deciding how they were going to scare the poo out of themselves. Bungees, bridge swings, zip wires etc. The pressure on people not sure whether they wanted to do it was intense. I spent the first morning watching and getting very nervous for them myself. I had done a bungee before so my eyes were set on a gorge swing hailed as being more terrifying than the 111 meter bungee. The gorge swing however was twice the drop and more importa...

A granny type place with the first TV since the start was a big hit with the girls, Dirty dancing and various other chick flicks were viewed end to end. We all decided to check out the local drinking spots. It is a bit dodgy in town so we went to a country club first. It was very tidy place full of white locals. The drinks were very cheap and they did long island ice teas (after we explained how to do them). Needless to say things started to get a bit messy - t...

The journey to Harare was hot and long. The two day journey was broken by a camp in the wilds. It was the first place that we did not attract the usual local onlookers. Normally rural people are just as fascinated in us as we are of them. This place had flies from hell and temperatures to match. The next day was just as hot, having to wait to cross the Zambezi did not help. The locals were handing us ice cold soft drinks that tasted of bubble gum and it also loo...