Victoria Falls from the Zambian side Standing right at the edge of the falls The town of Victoria Falls itself is quite small and as you’d expect, extremely touristy with prices to match. At $15 for a salad for lunch, it felt more like I was back in Bellevue than still in Zimbabwe. But this is home to one of the natural wonders of the world – Victoria Falls – and I was still looking forward to being able to witness and experience this natural phenomenon. Lots of the group wer

Checking out Dung Beetles on our Rhino Safari Matopo National Park is home to 56 black and 43 white rhino, both species highly endangered due to the value of their horns reaching a value of $100,000 per kilo. The difference in the species is primarily that the black rhino has a double horn, making it even more vulnerable to ugly poaching. We spent an entire day in the Matopo bush with our Zimbabwe tour guide, Norman, who himself had a very interesting story to share with us

Me at the Great Zimbabwe Ruins This post is from events that occurred on 4-7 April, 2015. We had another long day in the truck driving today towards the namesake for this country – The Great Zimbabwe Ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage site – one of the four stone monuments in the world with Machu Picchu, The Great Pyramids of Egypt, and The Great Wall of China. This represents the only medieval ruins in sub Saharan Africa and the ruins themselves combine with the rocky natural l

Take Me to Church – Chimanimani National Park Chimanimani Park Our overland journey next took us to the easternmost part of Zimbabwe, in the mountainous region of Chimanimani National Park, bordering Mozambique. I was looking forward to the cooler climate and to being able to get in some exercise and time in my personal church – the mountains. We stayed in a lovely guest house called Heavenly Lodge, though it didn’t appear that it got many more guests than our overland truck

My Unexpected Day in Harare: Chillin’ with Two Computer Nerds I was pleasantly surprised to learn the evening we arrived in Harare, that there was someone who was being employed to fix the hostel’s internet problem, who also might be able to take a diagnostic look at my laptop and fix it for me. I met Mervyn King that evening, and was immediately impressed by his flawless English and incredibly smart personal presentation. It was so wonderful to meet someone whom I immediatel