Zimbabwe is outdoorsy heaven.

Chimanimani

Wet....

Lightening displays in Chimanimani

and full of very corrupt policemen.

We arrived in Zim last week and headed straight to the Capital Harare. Its much more developed than anywhere we've been so far and there are a lot more white people than I had expected (or perhaps I was just a bit ignorant before). The capital itself was a bit unremarkable apart from the fact that I could get a lump of decent cheese for under $2- yesssss. Afterwards we headed to the Chimanimani mountains for a bit of outdoorsy fun. Chimanimani itself is incredibly beautiful and loks a bit like Scotland but better (see above). Our campsite....

Chimanimani Camp

... was set on a hill so the views from our tent were incredible (see above). Zimbabwe has the second highest number of deaths from lightening strikes in the world which is obviously unfortunate but makes for great lightening shows. We watched a storm one night that had a flash of lightening every 2 seconds for about 3 hours- incredible.

Without realising quite how wet Chimanimani was going to be I had planned to cook a root vegetable stew which we had the perfect weather for. I don't know what's happened to me but I've worked out how to cook since I've been away.

Dinner time under canvas

We went trekking on one of the days which was really hard work but really beautiful and rewarding. It rained, no suprise there, so we stopped in a cave for lunch and built a fire to dry our clothes.

The most uncomfortable journey ever- jeep taxi to Chimanimani NP

Sheltering from the weather in a cage for lunch