Well we are back in Zimbabwe and O boy do we notice the difference. Apart from being stuck at the boarder for over 6 hours, the journey was not too bad. The South African side of the boarder is fairly neat, tidy and well run. The Zimbabwean side is not so! I kept a pile of Rands in my pocket for the beggars that I knew would be waiting to ask for money. The money soon went! The most heart braking thing is to see a child leading a blind relative banging a small pot to collect the coins. While we were waiting a few beggars boarded the bus and sang songs in order to earn a few pennies.
It feels so good to be back however, even though things so obviously don’t work around here. Saying this, the power is more than often on now, with very few power cuts and prices in the shops are not to different to SA. The rubbish on the road side and outside our house is still growing however. We are planning on organising a street clean up day with the whole community.
Yesterday I got two kittens in the house, Molly and Chad. They are the most pretty little things ever, who also join us in eating Sardza and other Zimbabwean delights.
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