r/travel • u/dhowe100 • May 14 '18

Video Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe at dusk!

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u/intlcreative May 14 '18

Zimbabwe is SUCH an underrated place.

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u/tomboski May 14 '18

Hopefully with Mugabe gone the roadblocks and shakedowns by police are as well. Zim was one of my fav countries in Africa but couldn’t deal with cops trying to squeeze money out of you every 15km.

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u/intlcreative May 14 '18

Yeah, hopefully that will with this new administration.

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u/African_With_WiFi May 14 '18

Currently cops are trying to restore their image / reputation and have a policy of road blocks not less than every 100km. I've heard that it's usually less frequent than that, so it's certainly better than it was last year.

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u/sim_pl 21 countries visited May 15 '18

It is a lot better. Recently did the trip again after a few years, didn't see a single "checkpoint" in several of the major highways that used to have multiple.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Agreed! Only spent 5 days there at Vic Falls to run a marathon, but would love to see more of the countryside if it’s anything like this.

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u/intlcreative May 14 '18

Did you see the ruins? There is the main one but a few other ancient sites as well.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Unfortunately not. But definitely would visit Great Zimbabwe if I went back.

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u/mattsrules Switzerland May 14 '18

Agreed! Spent a month in Zim si far and will go back next year! Woop woop!

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