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  1. > "An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport."

    I thought about this quote a lot in Harare. The cars are in charge here and many roads don't even have pavements. 4x4s abound because roads outside town are unpaved.

    Public transport are brightly-decorated but bashed up combi-vans (like Kenyan matatus). Work policy was that we shouldn't use them, which meant I felt stranded in our suburban lodge.

  2. > "An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport."

    I thought about this quote a lot in Harare. The cars are in charge here and many roads don't even have pavements. 4x4s abound because roads outside town are unpaved.

    Public transport are brightly-decorated but bashed up combi-vans (like Kenyan matatus). Work policy was that we shouldn't use them, which meant I felt stranded in our suburban lodge.

    #zimbabwe #harare

  3. Beautiful weather for takeoff from Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport in Harare area (Zimbabwe) “FVRG 300700Z 09010KT 050V130 CAVOK 26/11 Q1024 NOSIG” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/fvrg/en #harare #zimbabwe #robertgabrielmugabeinternationalairport #fvrg #hre #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vl

  4. Here are some views of downtown . There are tall, often glass-clad, buildings and wide roads laid out in a US-style grid. It's not a place to walk between cafes.

    The centre is Africa Unity Square, but there are no pictures as we were told you can be arrested for taking photos there. It has been a site of anti-government protest.

    The tallest, glassiest building is the Reserve Bank.

    The National Art Gallery has many sculptures in the style of the local Shona people.

  5. Here are some views of downtown #Harare. There are tall, often glass-clad, buildings and wide roads laid out in a US-style grid. It's not a place to walk between cafes.

    The centre is Africa Unity Square, but there are no pictures as we were told you can be arrested for taking photos there. It has been a site of anti-government protest.

    The tallest, glassiest building is the Reserve Bank.

    The National Art Gallery has many sculptures in the style of the local Shona people.

    #Zimbabwe

  6. Kuimba Shiri was also a good spot to watch the sunset. The day we visited, a wedding party of 50+ were there. They took a boat ride out onto the lake and as the sun dipped over the horizon, the sound of their singing carried across the water.

    I was tempted to remove the plastic bag for the photo, but then this is reality. There are problems with pollution in Lake Chivero, which is a reservoir dammed in the 1950s and an important source of drinking water for .

  7. Kuimba Shiri was also a good spot to watch the sunset. The day we visited, a wedding party of 50+ were there. They took a boat ride out onto the lake and as the sun dipped over the horizon, the sound of their singing carried across the water.

    I was tempted to remove the plastic bag for the photo, but then this is reality. There are problems with pollution in Lake Chivero, which is a reservoir dammed in the 1950s and an important source of drinking water for #Harare.

    #Zimbabwe

  8. After the lions, we went to Kuimba Shiri Bird Park. This is also just outside , on the north shore of Lake Chivero. There is an open air restaurant where ostriches and ponies roam around the tables, as well as an aviary with many bird species.

    The falconry display is great. The highlight was a secretary bird that repeatedly stamped on the head of a rubber snake. This is how they hunt. They have long bony legs to minimise harm from bites.

    kuimbashiribirdpark.com/

  9. After the lions, we went to Kuimba Shiri Bird Park. This is also just outside #Harare, on the north shore of Lake Chivero. There is an open air restaurant where ostriches and ponies roam around the tables, as well as an aviary with many bird species.

    The falconry display is great. The highlight was a secretary bird that repeatedly stamped on the head of a rubber snake. This is how they hunt. They have long bony legs to minimise harm from bites.

    kuimbashiribirdpark.com/
    #Zimbabwe

  10. Beautiful weather for takeoff from Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport in Harare area (Zimbabwe) “FVRG 060500Z 06003KT CAVOK 16/09 Q1024 NOSIG” : See what it means on bigorre.org/aero/meteo/fvrg/en #harare #zimbabwe #robertgabrielmugabeinternationalairport #fvrg #hre #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vii3

  11. The Mukuvisi Woodlands are practically within . It's a large park with free-roaming game, including zebras, giraffes and elands. You can hike or bike along trails through the woods, and although you are nominally in with the animals, we only so the ones at the watering hole.

    The crocodiles are enclosed - not roaming free.

    mukuvisiwoodland.co.zw/

  12. The Mukuvisi Woodlands are practically within #Harare. It's a large park with free-roaming game, including zebras, giraffes and elands. You can hike or bike along trails through the woods, and although you are nominally in with the animals, we only so the ones at the watering hole.

    The crocodiles are enclosed - not roaming free.

    mukuvisiwoodland.co.zw/ #Zimbabwe

  13. We had time for some tourism, too. One day we hiked up the hill Ngomokurira, which is about an hour's drive north of . Unlike the granite that I'm used to, this was untouched by glaciation and was almost free of cracks.

    The surrounding countryside was dotted with houses and we could hear distant music and animals and drums. We met 20+ runners from Harare out on an 18 km run.

    There are paintings in a cave near the summit. They are likely to be over 2,000 years old.

  14. We had time for some tourism, too. One day we hiked up the hill Ngomokurira, which is about an hour's drive north of #Harare. Unlike the granite that I'm used to, this was untouched by glaciation and was almost free of cracks.

    The surrounding countryside was dotted with houses and we could hear distant music and animals and drums. We met 20+ runners from Harare out on an 18 km run.

    There are paintings in a cave near the summit. They are likely to be over 2,000 years old. #Zimbabwe

  15. Use of energy is common, both for hot water and electricity. I saw many solar panels on simple rural buildings. There are many hybrid cars (although I didn't see any full electric).

    Google picked up on location in suburban and served up adverts for solar systems accordingly.

  16. Use of #solar energy is common, both for hot water and electricity. I saw many solar panels on simple rural buildings. There are many hybrid cars (although I didn't see any full electric).

    Google picked up on location in suburban #Harare and served up adverts for solar systems accordingly.

    #Zimbabwe

  17. Smartphones are ubiquitous, just as at home.

    Some cellphone towers in are disguised as trees!

    is used everywhere: parking, taxis, restaurants, hotels. It's very convenient, although a shame that are harvesting everyone's metadata and could start pumping ads in at anytime. It would be better of it was on .

    I got a pay-as-go SIM with a neat interface for topping up based on dialing numbers with special codes. It was efficient I've not seen this at home.

  18. Smartphones are ubiquitous, just as at home.

    Some cellphone towers in #Harare are disguised as trees!

    #WhatsApp is used everywhere: parking, taxis, restaurants, hotels. It's very convenient, although a shame that #Meta are harvesting everyone's metadata and could start pumping ads in at anytime. It would be better of it was on #signal.

    I got a pay-as-go SIM with a neat interface for topping up based on dialing numbers with special codes. It was efficient I've not seen this at home.
    #Zimbabwe

  19. A fantastic day 1 in #Harare at the the Africa Regional Nodes Meeting today. 📸

    The meeting provided a forum for both GBIF nodes in Africa and the Secretariat to share latest updates, best practices and discuss key priorities across the region. 🌱

  20. Hello from #Harare, #Zimbabwe! This week we're supporting the #GBIF #Africa Regional Nodes Meeting and the Africa Engagement Meeting for the #Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Programme! (1/3)

  21. Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency in its capital Harare to tackle a cholera outbreak. Health authorities are struggling to contain the spread of th...#AlJazeeraEnglish #Harare #Zimbabwe #ZimbabweCholeraOutbreak
    Authorities concerned over spread of disease in Zimbabwe
  22. The leading political parties in Zimbabwe have held their final rallies ahead of Wednesday’s general elections.However, supporters of the main opposition par...
    Ruling party, opposition hold last-push rallies for Zimbabwe’s vote
  23. ⚡️ Armed suspects disarmed security guards and stole two 0.38 Revolvers at a business premise in Harare. Police are appealing for information to assist in the investigation. One revolver had four rounds and the other had two rounds. #robbery #Harare #security riskmap.com/incidents/1862755/

  24. ℹ George Birnbaum, one of the godfathers of modern populism, has been a political consultant for over 30 years, and helped Benjamin #Netanyahu rise to power in a surprise victory in #Israel in 1996, and #Hungary's Viktor #Orbán in 2010

    He has clients in many countries, and flits nowadays between New York, Dubai and #Harare. Surprisingly, Birnbaum's wife is from Ukrainian, and the couple visit #Ukraine often - as close friends of Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko

    🚫#Dictators🇪🇺
    bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66