Friday, June 20, 2008

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Zimbabwe Alive and kicking, the land of billionaires

Yes, you read correctly. Zimbabwe, the country with more billionaires in the world. And s ort to be so. Or would not for bread. Although not sell it now, I do at home is cheaper. But if you buy, would bar 1 trillion. Zimbabwe dollars, of course. American currency, about 20 cents. At least that was the change in the black market when the bank because today we can give you half or even less. Or twice. This is the madness of hyperinflation. You know the value of what I had yesterday, but do not know what will happen tomorrow. So no wonder what happened to us in the hotel bar. The official rate was Zambezi beer Z $ 5,000,000,000 or U.S. $ 3 but the same waiter we changed one of our dollars for 5 of its billions. That is, with money going to pay a beer in an instant and we could drink up three.

This is from the great solution President Mugabe to their economic problems was to start printing tickets and more tickets. The rise in prices has eaten all the country's wealth. Had the primary in March and since then walk at odds with each other, including threats of military coup and prohibitions on NGOs for supporting the opposition. And until you reach the elections for the presidency, the country without sweeping. Or out of gas, which is worse. So, not having the best restaurant in Victoria Falls, the Spurs Steakhouse, has no napkins. No oil, no bread, nor a lot of basic things. They hide their embarrassment by saying that the fault of the current left but the truth is that the hotels are empty and people walking down the street like lost souls. This was a tourist paradise with continuing inflow of foreign currency but now few dare to come. Prefer to go to the other side of the Falls, Zambia. The view is also good but only have a viewpoint. Here, however, we have been four brave. Some South African hard skin, Hristo Stoichkov and us. Imagine the time. All with waterproofs, soaked up and down and suddenly we find the Fury Gol. We hail him as crazy. "Hristo!". His answer as he is, clear and direct. "What?".

For this reason, it happens that the most beautiful place we have ever seen is a country where people flee like rabbits because they can not live in peace. They are Victoria Falls, the Western world discovered by Dr. Livingstone, I presume "(Dr. Livingstone, I presume). Lucky and the poet of the phrase, Stanley, because its two words made him go down in history for having found the lost explorer, instead of the guy who won the Belgian Congo to King Leopold, after leaving behind the more plunder 10 million dead. And that's already in the twentieth century. Is said quickly and soon forgotten.




This is Africa. On one side and see a marvel. You look at the other and you heart sink. The entrance to the Falls is 200 meters from the bridge linking Zimbabwe customs and Zambia. To the right of the road is the parking, left the box office. Sounds simple but it is crossing. In between, there is a very long line of trucks and trailers waiting for the paperwork to change the country. In the eyes of every economist, a senseless loss of time and money. In the eyes of English aid workers and missionaries working here, the major cause of spread of the worst of Africa's problems. AIDS. In these countries, the positive rate can easily reach 30 or 40%, even among the group of truckers who travel up and down Africa exceeds 85%. We

by without stop thinking they will appear here a few years and entered the Victoria Falls. Day are beautiful, perhaps less grandiose than IguazĂș but much more intimate and wild. A rain climb and scale the walls of over a hundred meters to calarnos completely. It bounced off the water by the force of the fall flying over our heads coming to seem, at times, a real tropical storm. But this is nothing to the spectacle of the night. Today is full moon. Never see anything more beautiful. Whether we want to mourn. The rainbow formed by light of the moon plunges into the Zambezi River, while its banks crumbling away like a bottomless pit. The noise produced by the end of the vertical stroke are the roars of Mother Nature reminding us that she will always be the only wonder of the world. In ours, any day is the swallow as easily as the current follows its course as if nothing had happened.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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Politiks Afrika World Cup and

Tonight we shared tablecloth with Johannes and Colleen. So to speak, of course. We simply sitting around the same fire and everyone brought food. Although in the end it seemed that we had invited them because his store was the never ending story. They are a lovely couple South Africa carried the day "taking care" of us in this mess of roads, dunes and rivers, as they did before Stevie and Adila. Around here there are not many tourists and the few that there are all Afrikaners, descendants of settlers from the nineteenth century, with his adventurous spirit and the 4x4 to what larger. But above all, they're all champions of the barbecue. The only difference is that the North began taking dinner "pap", a kind of local porridge, and the South sandwiches. We are left with the past. English bread, tomato and cheese, heated up the grill and laugh you the best bikini in the world. But great ideas, ours. Take a pizza frozen, fold it like a calzone and put it on the grill. Scrumptious.





back to our hosts, Colleen is an eco-consultant, of which hard to understand what their job. The Johan is simple. Fly. After 10 years in the Army and 20 more in South Africa Airlines is now captain of an Airbus 340. So overwhelmed with platitudes but luckily his answers are more original than our questions.

- Have you been afraid to fly again?
- Yes, every day. So do not stop drinking, giving sarcastic answers brandy round his hand while the other removes the coals.
- Did you see any UFOs out there?
- No but I love it. Surely there! It would have a story to tell ...
- What heaven is more beautiful from up there?
- All but the best are the meteor showers. Liam

We talk about a site and another, jumping back and forth, so that the end seems that we are in a battle of countries. We win by beating and that he himself has traveled the world several times. The strange thing is when asked about his favorite country. Do not even doubt. Namibia.

As the fire and hot alcohol more, we started talking about politics. On the one hand, are fans of Mandela. They say only he was able to make a peaceful transition and no grudge. They forget he also said that whites without losing their economic privileges, so we're going to cheat, are what count beyond the social apartheid. However, on the other hand, treat their compatriots of color as being lazy useless people who want to live very well working very little. The bad news is that outbreaks of xenophobia among blacks themselves in recent weeks seem to prove them right. South Africa is the economic engine of this continent and therefore not for immigrants from receiving as Zimbwawe or Mali. The problem is that, like hunger strikes, the newcomers work harder and for less than local ones. You can imagine the rest. According to Colleen

that will not happen ever in Namibia or Botswana because they have not lost tribal customs. In these countries, if someone does something wrong it take before the whole town and have their feat to let everyone know how the friend. Not a bad system but serve only for the little things of everyday life. The big sausages have never been ashamed.

We do not know if Europe have come echoes of these problems but here are all heartbroken that will take away the greatest opportunity who have taken 100 years to leave the Third World. World Cup 2010. And not only South Africans but all the countries around it. Our friends tell us that these guards on the border with Botswana will "put the anger" as if the championship would be held there too. For after saying that football is a sport for fools.




Sunday, June 15, 2008

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Do not stress, that's adventure in Africa

45, black, big as a closet but nicer still. If you see in Hollywood, the father gave the role of good-natured in any soap opera. Bob Audi is the barman of the Camp. Although it has nothing to do with the love of cars is a Toyota 4x4 we have rented and with which we have come across Namibia to reach Botswana. Just ten days before we landed in Africa to make a "self-drive safari." Our road is a machine but from the outside may look like a snail, so that goes with the house on his back. Tent on the roof, take off like an accordion and made clumsy proof of the city as us. This is only one of its advantages, the other is that at night the leopard and other cats that roam around here walk around below without removing too much sleep.

has been little time but just enough fall in love with Namibia. The red dunes of the desert, the stone carvings of descendants of early humans, the tiny coastal town of Swakopmund with its bizarre charm and the best hotel I ever saw, Etosha Park with hundreds of thousands of animals. But most of Namibia and its sunsets. The feeling of solitude and tranquility radiating the views of this country can only be compared to her beauty. Not a single cloud on the horizon. Clear sky on which the sun goes down and starts to appear orange, red, violet, with an intensity that seem to be newly invented pure colors by god.



been almost 4000 kilometers above and have bitten the dust from the punctures more than once but it was worth. And his belly well served as we go. There have been night when we did not do a barbecue. A 4 euros a kilo of steak you can imagine. And the best. In Namibia there is good flesh but also goes beyond that of Botswana. For something is its second largest industry after diamonds. McDonalds say they purchase all here. As for not loving.

If someone has been in South Africa, this looks like the Kruger Park but wilder and more beautiful. You can travel on gravel roads looking for the Big Five-elephants, lions, leopards and buffaloes Rinos but best to stay at the camp in the Etosha Park Halali. They have a gazebo facing some of the many ponds that dot the park. Just wait and see the theater sitting in the bush walk in front of you. One by one the animals are coming to drink. Slowly but surely. It even seems to have an established order. As soon as the elephants leave the stage, come the wild boar. When they are tired, look out the zebras. Will come and foxes. Night falls and rhinoceroses appear. And on and on.





But I said now we were in Botswana. Yesterday we crossed the border and down along the Okavango, a river with no sea. Its waters are born in Angola, Namibia and reach across Botswana six months later. Right there 20,000 years ago the tectonic plates moved forever cutting its bed. Since then, the current penetrates all corners forming a huge delta in the middle of nowhere. Gradually the water disappears by evaporation and the process begins again. A ride on the canals mokoro is like watching Out of Africa from the inside.
Our next destination is Zimbwawe and Victoria Falls but to get there from the Okavango Delta must cross two parks, the Moremi and Chobe. Nearly 400 miles of continuous sand dunes and rivers without bridges. We also need to sleep in the open, no fences or anything to protect us from lots of lions that abound here. They say it's best to hang out with other people and put the car in circle like a caravan of the West to the point of being attacked by hundreds of Indians.

why we're in the bar, Bob. For taking a cold beer and get ready for what we have left. And by the way, heard all their tricks to overcome the bunkers, but after seeing how the water came up to the hood across the river yesterday, this mini Paris-Dakar becomes more scarce. Yes, do your best advice for anyone our is about to take the World Tour:

- And Do not stress if Something Happens, that's adventure.


Saturday, June 14, 2008

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Hi everyone!

Sorry we have not updated the blog in so long, but we are already in Africa and here is not so easy to find a good internet connection.

We have already been in Namibia and Botswana. Shortly we will tell you things from them, but you are an advance jewel.

Just today we go to Victoria Falls which also promised. And in two days, we flew to the other coast to get to know Tanzania and Zanzibar. Once we have a good connection I will post pictures and new post.

A hug to everyone!