MALCOLM ROSSAFARIS

This is a later post due to uploading difficulties that I experienced for some reason in Bulawayo .I was so blessed to have met Campbell Ross on the side of the road in South Africa ! Not only has he being keeping coms with me since then but he has also guided me to meet some awesome people like his older brother Malcolm and his wife Leslie ! Who let me stay at their place.The first night I was their we went out to a really nice little pizza place -for some strange reason I had a bit of a bloated stomach later I found out that it was because I had eaten too many mopane catapillers previously  -allgood ! I was fascinated to hear real stories of some of the history of Zimbabwe from the people who lived through those times if war - inflation and political uncertainty  - people who had been kicked off their farms by the ruling regime - even flooded out of their houses by the regime putting hoses in from the outside . Leslie , who is the principal of one of the best private schools in Zimbabwe told me of how when it came time for parents to pay for their daughters education they had about 6 or 7 different currencies to pay in and also different methods like barter  for example someone re did all the upholstery - if you wanted to pay in the Zimbabwe currency there was a time frame that you could pay in eg from 9am to 12pm on a certain day -Leslie told me how she remembers parents walking into to school literally with wheelbarrows full of money - some days inflation could be as much as 200% and then there was the petrol rationing where you had to cue in your car for a day or two just to get some petrol .
My first morning in Bulawayo Malcolm and I headed off to the Bulawayo club for breakfast  then off on our safari to the Matobas -A world heritage site and also the burial site of Cecil John Rhodes -whom the former Rhodesia was named after. The full English breakfast was great then we headed off in Malcolms Toyota Hilux Surf  .It was awesome to hang out with Malcolm and gain some insight into the history of this nation from someone who had been a part of it -A commander in the army -a Ceo of a company who managed to bring the biggest piece of mining equipment into Zimbabwe via different channels when there were heavy trade sanctions against Zimbabwe. The Matobas was a still and timeless place  with awesome rock structures and colourful lichen and lizards. The place where Cecil Rhodes was buried was named by Cecil Aswell snd was called "The view of the world"  We went from there to have lunch in the middle of the park  As usual I had developed a massive thirst and appetite .Malcolm and Leslie had also invited me out to dinner to join them at a fund raising event also at the Bulawayo club. It was good fun putting on a shirt and tie and some of Malcoms slacks - gave the old teeth a floss snd brush even trimmed the finger nails . And their I was with a shirt and tie upstairs at the Bulawayo club  sitting next to this sexy teacher - and I could go on  -the live music -the food-the company ....  It was such a contrast from two nights prior eating mopane worms and pap sitting on the footpath outside of a takeaway shop .The MC for the night was a chick/teacher-------Diva called Gugu -she was so awesome  -so funny , anyway before I knew it I was up making a speech to all the guests about my trip  - classic ! Just when I thought the night was over Oriana and Gugu invited me to come out and check out Bulawayo  - I had such a great time with them and will never forget the way Gugu carved up the dance floor  man you have to see her to believe it  she should definitely be on tv ! Anyway they dropped me off around 330am in time to catch about 3 hours sleep to ride 180km to Lupane -Awesome!