November 19, 2006

Zimbabwe - The Lost Garden of Eden

Filed under: Africa, Travel Destinations — Copyright©2006-2008 Cliff Keeler Cliff Keeler @ 8:57 am

This article was originally published in 1995 before Mugabe’s 1999 land grabs spiraled Zimbabwe into today’s disastrous economic collapse. It is now reported the only whites left in Zim are those who can’t afford to leave or their bones rest in a cemetery plot. However Mugabe doesn’t always play favorites. He, reportedly, is rapidly filling […]

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October 13, 2006

African Adventure – Upside/Downside

Filed under: Africa, Travel Destinations — Copyright©2006-2008 Cliff Keeler Cliff Keeler @ 8:42 pm

As a Harare airport customs agent looked at my passport, a grim look concreted his dark chiseled features. His stony concentration raised from the passport to glare at me through the glass window of his cubicle. He angrily demanded, “Why you visiting Zimbabwe?”Explaining that I was an invited “photo-journalist” only increased his agitated state of […]

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