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Warnings Or Dangers: DO NOT EXCHANGE MONEY AT THE BANK !
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Or in the street either. You are looking at 1 MILLION DOLLARS! Unfortunately its Zimbabwe Dollars. Yep, 5 notes shouldn’t make up 1 Million of any currency. So here is the trick – and it is a trick. At the time I was there I got between 750,000 and 800,000 Zim dollars for $1 US or a cool 1.6 Million for every £1 (UK). If I had gone to the bank and gotten the OFFICIAL rate I would have only gotten about 260,000. That’s just how crooked the government is. And if you change money on the streets it could cost you, or more likely the local person, some time in prison. So how do you win? Go by the Travel/Excursion Operators and ask around. They will sort it out. Don’t get too much; even locals don’t want this Monopoly Money. Besides, the grocery stores are empty and there’s no fuel!
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Warnings Or Dangers: THE SHAME OF ROBERT MUGABE
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Zimbabwe is a dictatorship and a badly run one at that. Over the last couple of years the economy has been run into absolute ruin. Zimbabwe used to be a major EXPORTER of food. Now it relies on outside food aid to feed its people – when the government lets the aid in. What does this mean to you as a traveller? You cannot get petrol. Plan on that fact. Also meat is hard to find. Just look at the picture of the shelves in the grocery store in Victoria Falls. What meat you find is frozen and must be cooked within an inch of its life. That’s because electricity goes off in the afternoons. It may have thawed before. Vegetables and other items can still be found. If you have a car, take everything you need from another country. It’s a shame, but that’s the state of affairs.
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Ekaterinburg Wed Apr 29, 2009 15:45 UTC
Interesting insights about Zimbabwe, somewhere I am never likely to see. I loved the elephant photos :)) | hunterV Sun Jan 18, 2009 17:08 UTC
Hello, DAO! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your guidance! | angiebabe Mon Jul 28, 2008 05:18 UTC
Impressive to see you travelled just recently. Have just had the weekend surrounded by Zimbabweans at a conf in London.Zim's popn is now 5-6million from 13m originally! | SLLiew Sat May 3, 2008 10:52 UTC
Zimbabwe looks like a challenging country to travel. Must be difficult to write about too. Thanks for sharing about your trip there. |
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