RTW Ross

Zimbabwe, such a frustrating place.

Posted by RTW Ross | 27th March 2009

Zimbabwe, we all know whats going on there eh? Wrong!!!

I arrived a couple of weeks after Morgan Tsvangirai had been involved in a car crash in which his wife was killed and thought that I was going to a country which could erupt into violence at any point... How wrong I was.

What we actually found in Victoria Falls was a bustling town where tourists had once flocked to view the spectacular falls. I can't possibly comment on what happened in the dark days from which Zimbabwe is beginning to emerge. In Victoria Falls town we (or more to the point I) were often surrounded by some locals who would have wood carvings or disused Zimbabwe dollars to sell or exchange for food or clothing. Most of my group were afraid to chat to these people but I would chat to them as we walked to where-ever we were headed and I bought and exchanged clothes with the less pushy of the locals and found out a bit about what life is like in Zimbabwe.

Only after this I found out that most of

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