Our previous nights luxury was a total bonus given we had pre booked a more up market accommodation in Harare given we did not need any stress prior to catching a plane. After a late start, a great breakfast and saying goodbye to the South Africans we had befriended, it was on the road to Harare. People we saw were dressed for church and there were less roadside children. What was very evident the closer we got to the city was more and more roadside rubbish whi...

Up in time to go on a game drive and duly picked up by open topped land rover. Turned out the game drive was just us and in fact was the property manager carrying out fence/trough inspection, but never the less we got to spend four hours in the Zimbabwe wild and saw zebra, baboon and several different types of deer. We also saw where a herd of elephant (the guide estimated 40 to 50) had passed with fresh droppings and substantial damage to trees and gates. Also i...

Next morning we were entertained at breakfast by a totally inept chef, but trying his hardest to impress. We were out of video tapes, so went searching as we were heading off into the country for several days. We were sent from one shop to another until on the fifth try we had success, and while he had the correct tapes, he had never seen a video camera with an instant replay side screen. We let him have a play and he was really excited about it, asking lots of q...

We made it, Victoria Falls here we are. We and feeling very much like Livingston (the first white to see the falls) must have, i e tired and grubby as we went looking for accommodation. With no booking this proved a little difficult but were told at the Sprayview Hotel we could have a room with twin beds. Heather pulled a look somewhere between an appeal and I'm going to dissect you, and common sense prevailed, we were provided with a double. Great except th...

We arrived at the border crossing at Beitbridge at 4.45 in the morning, and trudged into immigration well back in the queue. Finally reaching the officer he took one look and told us we had not declared our cash. We protested that we had, albeit we had written how much we had in US dollars, but he wanted it declared in local currency, so we went to write in the conversion, however he said because it was incorrect we had to line up again. You are kidding, its 5 in...