Since seeing the steam train in Victoria Falls, we wanted to take a train across the country. It hadn’t worked with our plans up to then so we made sure we would use it on our way out. The train […]
Zimbabwe in Review
Things we’ve learned Zimbabwe was a British colony until 1980 and has a recent history of struggle between black and white people. Within the last 17 years, many whites left the country after losing their farmland. Those that remain live […]
Harare
As the majority of our bags were in Harare with Jan, that would be our next stop. We got a ride into Hauna with a supervisor from the power station as the combis didn’t run until the afternoon. He dropped us off […]
Eastern Highlands, Part 2
We parted ways with the Mountain Club group after breakfast with the exception of those driving us to Hauna. They dropped us off along the main road in Hauna so we could get supplies before making it back to base […]
Eastern Highlands, Part 1
We made a plan to leave Victoria Falls to head directly to the Eastern Highlands to hike. Paul had a friend that was hiking and kayaking in the area and he offered to let us join. So we made the […]
Hwange National Park
After hours of packing the car and getting the necessary supplies, we set off towards Hwange National Park. It felt good to be heading back into the bush after a week in town. Both nights we would stay on viewing […]
Victoria Falls
Our plan had been to only spend a few days with Paul, who we met through Couchsurfing. That quickly changed after we realized how much there was to do and we spent over a week in the Victoria Falls area. On […]
Crossing from Botswana to Zimbabwe
We had asked our guest house how to cross the border and were quoted a price that we thought was too high. During our trip to town, we asked at the gas station how we could get to Victoria Falls. […]