Kategorie: 2018
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Cholera
We leave Matobo Hills. Heading north. Not via Harare where we had been last year. The reason to avoid the city now: More than 5.000 cholera outbreaks have been reported. We decide to drive via Bulawayo where we find a house completely for ourselves. And while shopping the confirmation on the front page of the…
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Fuel shortage rocks Zim
My headline of today’s blog post comes from the headline of a local daily newspaper. The shortage of fuel caused by a lack of foreign currency does not bypass us either. In Bulawayo we got diesel at the fourth filling station. In our next destination, Chinhoyi, we ran through all the petrol stations and got…
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Meanwhile in Darmstadt
For a few days we will remain silent now. This blogpost will be published while we are already in the Mana Pools National Park. Far away from any internet but in the middle of an untouched nature. We’ll come back with some wildlife photos. In den nächsten Tagen herrscht Sendepause. Wenn Ihr das lest, sind…
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We did it again (no ooops)
In the course of the days, weeks and months anyway only the good memories remain; so we did it again: We drove to the most beautiful national park so far for us (together with Chobe and the Okawango Delta): Mana Pools, a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the Zambezi with a view of Zambia on…
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Elephants, elephants, elephants …
We are quite sure that the number of elephants has increased. During our early morning game drives (in Africa even Lore gets up before sunrise) we constantly see elephant cows with one or two young ones. And back in the camp … just see the pics. It’s always amazing how silently 5 to 6 tons…
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Be aware about who is behind you
And a second later Lore was behind our car – faster than it would be necessary to reach a stop from Angelique Kerber. Als Lore sich in der nächsten Sekunde umdrehte, war sie so schnell hinter unserem Toyo, dass sie jeden Stopball von Angelique Kerber locker erreicht hätte.
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Goodbye Zimbabwe
One year after the change of power and one year after our first visit in this beautiful country: What has changed under the Mnangagwa presidency compared to the Mugabe dictatorship? There is still so much optimism in the country. „Everything has improved,“ we heared already when we entered the country. Then we felt the change…
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Hello Zambia … this greeting was not necessary!
On the very first day in Zambia, I already receive a ticket for speeding. I will survive the penalty. 300 Kwatcha (the local currency) is about 22 Euro. I think I should frame the ticket. Because our 29 year old Toyo can be proud of having driven too fast. Kaum sind wir in Sambia, erhalte…