Today we continued to head east to Mutare, the third largest city in Zimbabwe and the gateway to the Eastern Highlands. For lunch we stopped near the Birchenough Bridge and then strolled across. During our stroll we made friends with several school children walking home from school so we introduced a game of follow-the-leader. In Zimbabwe, every road you travel has a well-worn dirt path along the side. Some of these children walked up to 5 km each way to school. The most memorable thing about our game of follow-the-leader (aside from the fact that cartwheels are universal) was that the young boy I was playing with was only wearing one left shoe. Many of the children were barefoot...tough little soles/souls. See more photos.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The Trip to Mutare in the Eastern Highlands
Today we continued to head east to Mutare, the third largest city in Zimbabwe and the gateway to the Eastern Highlands. For lunch we stopped near the Birchenough Bridge and then strolled across. During our stroll we made friends with several school children walking home from school so we introduced a game of follow-the-leader. In Zimbabwe, every road you travel has a well-worn dirt path along the side. Some of these children walked up to 5 km each way to school. The most memorable thing about our game of follow-the-leader (aside from the fact that cartwheels are universal) was that the young boy I was playing with was only wearing one left shoe. Many of the children were barefoot...tough little soles/souls. See more photos.
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