Not a very interesting day all in all - sat on 2 buses totaling 12 hours :) First bus left at 6am so got to get up already at 5 in the morning (I'm building up a comprehensive sleep deprivation here :D ), this bus took us from Victoria Falls to Bulawayo. It would stop about every 30 minutes to see if any of the 30 people standing by the roadside would like to get a ride - some did and some got off so the little bus was basically always full, us being the only white people in there. Some were even taken on board when there was nowhere to sit. As far as I understood this was an expensive bus, saw many smaller minivans driving by where there would be at least 2 people per each seat and more on the floor as well, more affordable for the locals I'm sure.
In addition to the roadside stops this bus was making there was every now and then police on the road checking papers and collecting money - very typical here as we have learned by now. To top it all off the bus broke down when we had about 20km to Bulawayo :) We had 1.5hrs to our next bus that would take us from Bulawayo to Harare so that was not very good news for us. Luckily Dave from Miombo lodge (where we stopped while visiting Hwange National Park) was on the bus as well and he managed to arrange a pickup for himself and we got a ride with him to town. Everything eventually works out somehow :) Now we have a plane, a car and a bus break down on us. I don't want to know what is the next item playing tricks on us.
Anyways, we got to Bulawayo nicely without any hassle. Stopped by the ticket office, got a ticket to Harare and even managed to have a quick lunch before getting stuck in the bus for the next 6 hours. This was quite a bit different bus service, bus seated 48 people, there was a nice TV system and full service with water and a stop for afternoon tea and sandwiches, all inclusive. Quite a different story from the other bus services we have seen here.
Once in Harare, caught a cab to the hostel, quick shower and across the street to the only restaurant open on Monday evening in the whole town. Yeah, dunno what the story is but apparently all the restaurants are closed on Monday evenings here. Met up with Claire and her husband for a drink, chatted for some time and then back to the hostel to get some sleep. Tomorrow is yet another early morning, taxi will pick us up at 5:15 to take us to airport - goodbye Zimbabwe and welcome Tanzania :D
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