Zimbabwe ( Rhodesia )
Zimbabwe was called Rhodesia when I was there. The British South African Company named Rhodesia after Cecil Rhodes.
When I was there Ian Smith, who declared UDI from Great Britain in 1965, to become labeled a Traitor of the British Empire, was in negotiations with Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Bishop Muzorewa. Smith got some of his terms agreed to with Muzorewa but not Nkomo and Mugabe. The rival guerrilla movements of Nkomo and Mugabe continued to fight whilst the rest of the world refused to recognize Ian Smiths government. Smith eventually came to an agreement with the UK government and stepped aside in 1979. He started to put his memoirs together whilst Mugabe spent his years as President raping the country of much of its’ wealth.
Mugabe
Cecil Rhodes— the namesake of Rhodesia! At some point I’ll do a page about this guy, his story and about modern day people pulling down his statues!!! Click HERE
Dung beetle. These little (not so little) guys roll up a ball of dung and lay their eggs in it! I saw this little guy at Victoria Falls.
Dung Beetles.
Vervet Monkey is a common sight
Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe/Zambia border.
Karen and Rhona getting on the plane for an arial view of the Falls
I read that an elephant or two has been lost as he waded in the river upstream and got caught in the strong current to be washed down the falls.
Now called Zimbabwe it was Rhodesia when I was there.
Victoria Falls dried up in 2019!
New Years Eve 1976
New Years Eve— circa 1976
We Stayed at The Zambezi Lodge
New Years Eve at the Hotel
Sir David Livingstone
Not forgetting, of course, there was a war on at the time we were there.
Patrol Gun Boat
Land Mine Vehicle
Vervet Monkey and baby.
Not an animal to cross and labelled “The most dangerous animal in Africa”
Jeff at the Baobab Tree
Elephant Hills Hotel after it was bombed!
Crazy inflation under Mugabe rule.