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  • Simbabwe, Botswana, Namibia
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    Day 3

    Victoria Falls, a big wonder

    April 10 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    Der Tag begann mit einem Sonnenaufgang. Nach einem schönen Frühstück ging es um 8:00 Uhr los in Richtung Victoria Falls National Park. Unser Guide meinte, wir sollten alle Regenjacken oder Mäntel mitnehmen. Schon von weitem war die Gischt der Wassermassen zu erkennen. Am Anfang des Falls konnte man an einigen Stellen nichts vor Wassernebel erkennen. Aber schon hier waren wir begeistert wie gewaltig und schön dich die Wassermassen waren und wir brauchten die Jacken wirklich. Man muss dazu sagen, im Moment ist der Wasserstand des Sambesi am höchsten. Beim Aussichtspunkt "Danger Point" erlebten wir, verursacht durch den Wind und die Gischt einen regelrechten starken Gewitterguss.Danach waren auch meine Schuhe voll nass. Aber es gab kein Aufgeben man wollte den Rest auch noch sehen - die Brücke über die Schlucht. Es war ein unvergessliches Erlebnis. Zum Mittagessen in einem Restaurant am Oberlauf ging es mit teilweise noch nassen Sachen. Am Nachmittag hatten wir beide frei für einen Bummel durch die Läden der Einheimischen für die Turis. Zum Abendessen ging es in ein anderes Lokal, wo wir auf den Verlauf der Wassermassen nach den Fällen schauen konnten und dabei den Krokodil Braten genießen konnten.Read more

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  • Simbabwe 🇿🇼
    Day 9

    Another day searching for the Lion

    March 30 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Wir haben Blondie, die große Löwin mit der blonden Mähne gestern Abend brüllen hören, ebenso mehrfach heute Nacht beim Wasserloch an der Lodge. Aber Blondie zeigt sich nicht. Wir entdecken ihre frischen Abdrücke, mehr nicht.
    Mitten im Busch gibt es verdächtige Geräusche....kein Tier, wie wir feststellen, unser Reifen ist defekt und verliert Luft.
    Es gibt ein spätes Frühstück am Wasserloch neben Zebras, Impala, Gnus und Kronenkranichen.
    Gegen Abend eine letzte Runde durch den Hawange NP.
    Doch zuerst nocheinmal Reifenwechsel nach afrikanischer Art.    Read more

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  • World Tour 2025
    Day 83

    The falls at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

    March 26 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F

    You first hear it.

     It's called "The Smoke That Thunders." 

    Then there's the immense spray and mist from the falling water that's visible from miles away. 

     Each stop down the walking path brings you closer to the immense beauty of Victora Falls.  I can't imagine what David Livingstone must have thought when he first "discovered" these falls in 1855 and named them for Queen Victoria.Read more

  • World Tour 2025
    11
    Day 83

    Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

    March 26 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F

    After a great night's  sleep in Johannesburg, we take a charter flight to Botswana where our guide meets us for boarder crossing into Zimbabwe. Should be easy.....but the rules have suspiciously changed and one of the seven of us does not have their yellow fever card.  Nothing that Andrew Jackson can't fix. 🤐

    During our drive to the town of Victoria Falls, we learn that animals can run free and we'll even see them in town. So, keep eyes open and also be careful where you walk.  That's not pumpkin bread on the side of the road!

    After quickly checking into our hotel, we head for a beautiful sunset cruise down the Zambezi River and then dinner at the hotel. What a wonderful day!    Read more

  • TravelerSinclairianMoves
    23
    Day 14

    Munya’s Wedding Day

    December 14, 2024 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    Anna, Trevor and Alex were up by 5:30 am, enjoying the calls of the roosters, song birds, crickets and some of the waking movements of others outside. We hung out and chatted as we waited for 7 am, when we were told the restaurant would be open for us to get coffee. While we had some yogurt to eat, We did overlook picking up some cutlery. We will see what we can acquire at 7am.

    Cutlery. And coffee acquired, but As it turned out, breakfast was included! A great breakfast of beans, toast, eggs, coffee, Beef sausage, pork sausage, liver…. And most importantly, the coffee! A short swim, then off to get dressed for the wedding.

    The wedding schedule as posted in the program, was to be: guests arrive 9am, all guests seated by 10:45, wedding Starts at 11:00am. Short version, wedding started at 1. It was a leisurely morning waiting under the shade of a tree! The wedding was great and held outdoors. Some time was made up by rain cutting things a bit shorter, which many saw as a blessing to the wedding.

    The wedding moved over to a large tent that was set up, hosting around 150 - 200 people. The meal was outstanding and plentiful. The most unique item on the menu to me was the cow hoof…

    The wedding reception was hosted by a well know Zimbabwean DJ, (I need to look up the name again). As with most wedding receptions, it included a series of speeches, and dances. One of the speeches was a surprise speech delivered by yours truly…and when I say surprise, I mean surprise to me that I was called upon to do so. The dances included a choreographed wedding party dance along with another 3 person hip-hop style dance troop.

    The wedding continued into the evening with a mix of live and DJed music.
    The food never seemed to end. We were so full from lunch, we could not enjoy they evening meal… except we did.

    The temperature was 30+

    Alex Thoughts:

    Drew thoughts: Munya’s wedding was fun, because the food was good and we got to run around lots.    Read more

  • TravelerSinclairianMoves
    Day 12

    Harare!

    December 12, 2024 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Dec. 12 - Trevor and Anna woke up at 6:30am. As we were even too tired the night before to charge our phones, we plugged them in with our market purchase. We made our way downstairs in quest of coffee. They were still setting up for breakfast, but we parked ourselves right by the coffee station until it was made. We enjoyed a cup there, then took two more up to the room with some juice for the kids.

    Alex and Drew sleepted until 8:00. We set them up with their juice, their mangos we bought at the market and some left over airplane food. We set them up at opposite sides of the large dinning table in our room. We figure they should feel the opulence of our accommodations. We were just missing the candelabra in the middle of the table!

    We had a late breakfast at the hotel, (eggs, sausage, bread, beans, juice and coffee - which was $7 each… much better than the $28 buffet they tried to sell us. Post a leisurely breakfast, we popped back into our room to head out for the day.

    Drew and Alex had $10 each to spend in the markets. Alex beelined it to some AirPods he saw the day before and Drew bought an LA baseball hat and a “gold chain” that has a “diamond encrusted” pendent that says BOSS.

    We then hunted for shirts for Munya’s wedding. We found two wonderfully colourful shirts for the boys, but nothing to the satisfaction of the dad… apparently I am too picky.

    Back to our hotel for a little down-time as we were all getting a little crowded-out. The market’s were busy!

    Anna was not feeling well, so she haa an bit of a nap from 3 - 9…

    The boys and I hung out, some TV and screen time and writing all of this. Dinner was was some meat and chicken pies and lots of fruit from the markets. We then went out for a bit of an evening wander of the streets to see a bit of Harare night life. We stood outside some bars to catch some of the great tunes, and talked about night safety in any city, something we have limited chats about in Yellowknife. BAck to the hotel and to bed!

    Alex thoughts: The mangos were super ripe and sweet and super super juicy! The bread was okay, but I liked the seeds in it. The walk around at night was fun because there was not as much traffic and the moon was super super bright!

    Drew thought: No new thoughts    Read more

  • TravelerAfrican safari to 3 countries
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    1
    Day 16

    Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

    November 21, 2024 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F

    The tarantula… we had 2 of those in our last camp. One walking through our common space. And the other, well there’s more to that one. At our last safari, dinner was served under the stars. They had set up the tables with white table cloths, it was very elegant. They turned off the few lights so we could enjoy our last dinner under the stars with candle light. It was quite dim, but lit enough.

    Somehow no one saw a small saucer sized shadow crawling down the middle of the table. He had worked his way in front of my place setting. It took me a couple seconds to register that this moving shadow was not part of the place setting. Then we all heard a scream, as I jumped back out of my chair. This pic is the first encounter.

    Our total safari included 2-30 passenger jet-flights from and back to Johannesburg. And 2-12 seat Cessna flights to and back from a remote camp. The runways are compacted sand/rock. They have someone at this runway to keep game off the runway when flights are expected.

    We ended up spending 2 nights in Victoria Falls. Enjoy the 2 videos and a few pics. Note, on the other side of the chasm, we saw a few daring souls wading up to the very edge. Quite daring.

    Finally, a few of us took a tour under the Victoria Falls bridge. It was finished in 1905. The history of it was fascinating. Today it supports road, rail and foot traffic. It spans between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

    I took the last picture, while on the bus ride back to Johannesburg. We passed a pickup loaded with people. They are supporting a tall coffin shaped box. When we passed it, we saw the side profile of a coffin. I guess they were all going to his funeral?

    We are in Atlanta, waiting to fly home in 5 hours. Tomorrow will be my last post. I will talk more about the cultural interactions.    Read more

  • TravelerAfrican safari to 3 countries
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    Day 5

    Zimbabwe- Hwange National Park 3rd day

    November 10, 2024 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ⛅ 93 °F

    Today wraps up our 3rd day of our 1st (of 4) safari’s (3+hour game drive). Every day seemed to eclipse the prior day. The pics and videos is simply a taste of our adventures.

    Our “wakie wakie” is at 5:30am. 6am bfast. 7am is our morning 3 hour game drive. About 9am we stop for our morning hike tea… while on the drive. Typically it’s around one of the many man made watering holes.

    There is an on going drought. Zimbabwe is the only country that creates these game watering holes. This is partially what has led to such a rich diversity of these game animals.

    Thus far we have seen 4 of the 5 big game animals. (Lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo). The leopard remains elusive so far.

    Tomorrow we leave early for    Read more

  • TravelerAfrican safari to 3 countries
    11
    Day 5

    Last day in Zimbabwe

    November 10, 2024 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    Hello friends. I made a clerical error on my first post. African safari’s have the “big 5” animal sightings, as I stated. Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffalo and Rhino. By the time we left our first 3 day safari we saw 3 not 4 of these. What I called as a leopard was actually 2 Cheetah brothers. (I want to share our new learning with you ‘accurately).

    Today we traveled out of Zimbabwe and are now in Zambia. We have much better WIFI. Staying 3 nights at this #2 safari.

    For now, we are late to bed, so will say good night to our friends and tomorrow begin sharing more knowledge.    Read more

  • Namibia - weites wildes Land
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    Day 17

    Der donnernde Drache

    November 8, 2024 in Zimbabwe ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Die Regenzeit kündigt sich an, denn schon in den letzten Tagen zogen Gewitterwolken auf, die bereits etwas Regen im Gepäck hatten. In der Nacht fing es heftiger zu regnen an, was gar nicht zu unserem heutigen Programm passt, denn wir haben am Vormittag einen Hubschrauberflug über die Fälle gebucht, aber alles wird gut. Das Wetter zieht auf und wir starten mit unserem Piloten Marcel, ein gebürtiger Brasilianer, zu den Victoria Falls. Was für ein Erlebnis. Dieser Flug wird sich in unsere Herzen eingraben und obwohl die Fälle jetzt am Ende der Trockenzeit Niedrigwasser haben, es war einfach unvergesslich schön.
    Anschließend müssen wir natürlich auch noch zu Fuß auf Erkundungstour in den Nationalpark. Es ist ein Weg mit etlichen Viewpoints angelegt und man kann überall verweilen und die Fälle auf sich wirken lassen. Ab und zu trifft einem auch die Gischt, was bei den Temperaturen sehr angenehm ist.

    In Simbabwe ist der US-Dollar ein offizielles Zahlungsmittel, weil das Land seit Jahren mit extremer Hyperinflation und mangelndem Vertrauen in die eigene Währung kämpft. Überall werden wertlose Geldscheine mit vielen Nullen als Souvenier angeboten.    Read more

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