I gotta be honest, I thought I was going to Zambia. So when I opened my passport and saw a Zimbabwe visa, I was a little surprised. This is definitely the Africa that you envision.
To combat skyrocketing inflation, the government abandoned the zimbabwe dollar and adopted the us dollar three years ago. At the time that this was done, the highest note was $100,000,000,000,000.00. Yes, that's one hundred trillion with a t. The value of the note in us dollars? It wouldn't even buy you a can of soda, it was $.50.
Once again, the hotel is absolutely awesome. I can't believe how great a deal I got on this trip. Every place I've stayed in has had a travel and leisure top 250 in the world rating. This one, the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge came with a warning; do not keep your windows open at night or baboons will come in and make your life hell. This was repeated four times so there must be something behind it. So glad I purchased binoculars about six months ago, it's made me quite popular with everyone who doesn't have them.
I guess I should be watching the OSU Michigan game but I have no idea if it's even on and more importantly, how often do you get to see the sunset on the African savanna while watching a watering hole and drinking 15 year old scotch. I thought so. The bartender's name is Lovemore, how can you argue?
Wow, this is a work in progress. As dusk settles, I see some elephants thru my binoculars and alert the crowd. It ends up being 50-70 elephants they come to the hole, have a drink and within 10 minutes, all are gone :) That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
Tomorrow I go see Victoria Falls, take a river trip down the Zambezi and see the minuscule sites of the town Victoria Falls. I also may go to Zambia for the stamp :)
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