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| Bulawayo, Zimbsbwe |
Bulawayo
is the second largest town of Zimbabwe with his 670 000 inhabitants. In
spite of the size, in some ways Bulawayo seemed rather like a village
than a big city! There are a few museums, some nice cafes, wide streets
with parking bays in the middle of the street and a lot of take aways.
Life there is quite a bit on the slow side.
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| Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
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| Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe |
In
Bulawayo, I hired a car for a day. With that car, I explored Matopos
National Park. The park is known for its great rock formations of gruff
granite. Some of the rocks lie on top of each. In some parts, it seems
like somebody has played with gigantic marbles. A few former colonial
rulers found the location so stunning, that they chose to be buried
right in the Matopos - for example, Cecil Rhodes. The view from his tomb
down in the valley is really phenomenal.
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| Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe |
The
driving on the left side was not so dramatic - however, is also due to
the fact that in Zimbabwe, there is not so much traffic anyway. Even not
in Bulawayo. So, very
often, it is not a problem to be on the wrong side of the street, as
there is no one else around anyway.
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| Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe |
From
Bulawayo, there is a direct bus to Johannesburg. It takes about 14
hours. As no one wants to arrive in Joh'burg in the evening or at night,
all busses leave Bulawayo in the afternoon around 4pm and arrive the
next morning in Joh'burg.
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| Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe |
