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Any concerns about travel to Zimbabwe following the elections? Not sure how wide spread the rioting is outside Harare. Flying into Bulawayo in a couple weeks. First time to Zimbabwe for me. Thanks Andy | ||
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Communicate with your outfitter. He will know the local news and conditions. Been there a dozen times and seems like there was always something. But I never saw a dangerous situation. If you have a local booking agent, call him. Guys like Mark Young will stay in touch with your PH and other contacts in the area. ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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No concern at all. I’m also headed into BUQ in 12 days. My PH there says it’s all quite, but in any event they never bother us. I was there during the government change last year and the military was very polite and professional to us. Enjoy! | |||
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Media coverage tends to make it appear far worse than reality. I would expect any rioting to be quite localised and easily avoided, by your outfitter particularly who will know the local situation. On my first Zim trip in 2016 I experienced one Police roadblock in which they attempted a shakedown which my PH ( driver ) resisted and we got waved through. I returned from my second trip mid July ( last month ). Police were at some road checkpoints but all waved us through. Not stops at all. Everything was low key. Apart from one or two hoardings you wouldn't have realised elections were only days away. I would not hesitate to return to Zim. Locals just don't strike me as violence prone at all. Hunting.... it's not everything, it's the only thing. | |||
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Thanks for the replies. I will be in touch with my PH. Just wanted some perspective from people who had been there. | |||
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At least there won’t be a run off. Also, the army might not have accepted an MDC president. Short term, this was the best outcome for the tourist hunter. Long term for the country, who knows. | |||
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I'm is South Africa now and fly to Harare in two days. No negative news from my friends there. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Great to hear! Thx guys. | |||
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Seems like the Zimbabweans are taking a page about protesting election results from the Democrats in the 2016 Presidential elections. If you don't like the results, riot. BH63 Hunting buff is better than sex! | |||
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300 SAKO Just had a client return from Bulawayo two days ago. All quiet. Business as usual. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Thanks Mark! | |||
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Business as usual in Zimbabwe. If you had been here DURING the violence it would not have affected you. | |||
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Exactly! Muderous Mugabe has been replaced by another murderous criminal! Business as usual for the man who was instrumental in murdering 20,000 - 30,000 Matabele! | |||
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I have travelled around the CBD where the trouble was today as well as meeting and greeting 2 sets of clients and can tell you , regardless how one feels about the new president, that all is back to normal. We all know the Part EM played in our checkered past however personally at the risk of being cussed here I do believe he is the right man to lead us forward taking into account the options we had. | |||
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And you guys on the ground, being citizens know the best Hope things will improve in business area as well " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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 He may have been a floating egg in the past but only those who have resided in the Dark Continent will know how politics work. | |||
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I hear Saeed, but as someone on the ground in Zimbabwe, trust me, the opposition candidate is a joke. If ED carries on doing what he's been doing over the past 9 months, then the right thing has happened but it may take time to show. | |||
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It took a very long time for things to get as f@!ked up as they are now. The fix can’t happen overnight. | |||
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One would have wished for a decent human being to turn the country around. Not one of the old school who was instrumental in the country’s disaster. | |||
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Why does Malema and his band of thugs come to mind?  | |||
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