- Beginning of the journey in Bulawayo (Zimbabwe): Philippe goes to the railway station: at the ticket counter a very charming employee sells him his ticket: Philippe asks her why she is so friendly and she answers that all her life she has being smiling and friendly.Then Philippe takes the night train to Hwange (12 hours of travel): Philippe meets a lady who spoke about the different languages (Ndebele, Shona,etc) in Zimbabwe.Suddenly the train stops in the middle of the countryside and the lady and another passenger go out of train and will walk for 5 hours to their village.On the morning Philippe enjoys the landscape of the savanna and has a little talk with the train driver who enjoys every day to see wild animals.At Hwange Philippe goes to the Hwange National Park (the greatest park of Zimbabwe with 14.600 square kilometers) and enjoys the sight of wild animals.Later he meets Mposi, a 71 years old medicine man who prepares love potions from baboon urine.Then Philippe takes the train to the Victoria falls: a walk through a dense wet forest and then Philippe sees the famous Victoria Falls: a great moment.Then Philippe takes the train to Livingstone in Zambia.There a treasure: a steam locomotive (1924) goes twice a weak to the Victoria Falls on the Zambian side.A train with wooden wagons who stops on the bridge between both countries and again the sight over the the Victoria Falls.Later Philippe meets Tom, a country boy who knows well the Zambeze river, they go by boat near the falls and enjoy a moment in a swimming pool at the edge the falls.Later Philippe takes the Tanzara (Tanzania.Zambia-Railway) from Kapiri Mposhi to Serenje: in the train a Zambian man explains him that he is selling dried caterpillars (Philippe tries to eat one, but he is not convinced), later in the dining car men are explaining him that in Zambia they eat using their hands instead of forks, a better way to feel the food.At Serenje Philippe goes to the Kasanka National Park and meets there Frank who invites him to see the straw-colored fruit bats who have migrated to this parks from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Centralafrican Republic; about 1 million of these bats stay here for two months: a very great moment of the journey.—zutterjp48
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