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March 17 Bulawayo to Johannesburg: Back to the Future. Happy “I hope you drink Guinness all day” day! It seems weird to not be drinking a lot of the black liquid gold today… I ran around Bulawayo, trying to find a place to print some photos to mail to friends. I met a beautiful woman named Kimberly in a photo shop, but I am terrified of the 25% HIV population here in Zimbabwe. I have decided to turn my crotch off...
March 16 Matobo National Park and National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe. I left my hotel which smelled like mouse urine. I was walking down the street when a dog freaked out and started barking at me. Science says that dogs are colorblind, but there is no doubt that the dog recognized that I was alien to the majority of the population here. It makes me wonder if I was frightening the dog that was clearly confused by my peculiar features....
March 15 Bulawayo: National Railway Museum. It is hard to get moving when there are people to entertain! I left the hotel in reasonable time this morning, on my way to visit three museums in Bulawayo. My intentions were good. Then, I ended up walking past a place that was selling Johannesburg bus tickets… I guess I am headed that direction so I went inside to inquire. Two women were sitting at a desk. I told them silly stories and...
The Road to Bulawayo: Hitting a Goat March 14 Sometimes, you can just feel when it is time to move on from where you are to see more of a country. Other times, you have to get moving before people begin to realize how many days you have been wearing the same shirt and pair of shorts. I left Shoestring Backpackers Lodge today a little for the former, but a lot for the latter. It was time to change my...
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January 30, 2015 My father was hanging out with me in the basement, and then he began getting his band equipment together to haul upstairs to load…
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May 1, 2012 I was up at 7:00am, showered, packed and caught a bus from my hotel to Hyun Jin’s place where she fed me breakfast. She…