Showing posts with label Zimbabwe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zimbabwe. Show all posts

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe


View from my Hotel (The Kingdom) Balcony
Hotel "Courtyard," Pool, and Bar Area

This sign was next to the lake pictured above.  Kept looking for crocodiles, but all I saw were frogs.
Jumping for joy that Obama won!!!!
Look who I found in the park outside the hotel.

The falls were a 15 min walk from the hotel.

Victoria Falls

If this is what the falls looks like in the dry season can only imagine how beautiful it is during the rainy season.

You can walk along the side of the falls to get different views.

Taking in the beauty

The falls are actually in Zambia, but you need to be in Zimbabwe to see them.

No falls here at this time of the year.

Excuse me as I try to play photographer :0)

Foliage along the Victoria Falls trail 

A natural picture frame


Can you tell I am a bit nervous???!!!
This male lion is 15 months old.

Look how big his paw is!!!

After he turns 18 months they will release him (or prepare him to be released) into the wild.

He looks dangerous...
...but is still just a big kitty cat.

We not only got to pet the lions, but also walk with them.

He is just a baby though, only 8 months old.

Cheers
-Mei




Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Harare, Zimbabwe

For the next two months I am traveling around Africa, the Middle East and Asia (check out a map of my trip).  I promised to keep folks updated, but know that I won't if I am trying to write about my trip.  My compromise is to share photos and provide a description of the photos.

So here we go!!!!  My first stop was Zimbabwe...
Harare Skyline
Have to admit from everything I have read and heard about Zim, I didn't expect it to look like this.

Visited a friend in Harare...

...and hung out with a b-school classmate!

Gardens in Harare are beautiful.  Here is one of the gardens at my hotel.
It was filled with statues.
Especially the local Stona statues, like this one.
Also visited some farms that are open to the public...
and had beautiful gardens
Enjoyed having some quiet time with nature

This farm was called Raintree.


I even spent some time lying underneath of a tree.
This was my view when I looked up...
...and looked a bit closer.
This is all on the grounds of someone's house
can you imagine walking out your house to this.





this picture was taken though a dingy window