Rocks and rhinos  Trip Start Jun 25, 2006 Trip End Aug 01, 2007
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lines  Flag of Zimbabwe  , Thursday, November 2, 2006  He Said:
Tuesday we took a night train south to the city of Bulawayo. It
was an uneventful ride except for the fact that the lights in
our sleeper compartment didn't work, so we occupied out time
watching old episodes "The Office" on the computer. Bulawayo was
a bit of a surprise, as it looked pretty much like a large
Midwest American city in 1960, complete with a big Woolworth's
store in the center of town. Actually it was quite a pleasant
place! We didn't go to Bulawayo though for the relaxed
ambiance...we went there in order to take daytrips to the ruins
of Great Zimbabwe and to visit Matopos National Park.  Zimbabwe
is the Shona word for "house of stone." So one would expect a
place with the name Great Zimbabwe to be a really big house of
stone, which is exactly what it is. From Bulawayo, we took a
full-day tour to the sout