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After experiencing the falls from both sides and thinking that we've spent enough money there, we went to book our train tickets to Bulawayo that evening. We then wandered around the town a bit, looking at all the amazing carvings and statues made there. Sadly most of them were a bit too big and heavy for us to carry around in our backpacks!
We left the backpackers that evening and found out that a belgian couple was doing the same thing as us so we got talking. They are such friendly people, and only realised we were 18 half way through the journey! We also met up with 3 germans there as well. The train was a sleeper train and arrived 3 hours late. This is usual according to the conductor there. It was an old brittish train, having parts of it made in Birmingham and the fine for pulling the emergency stop being £5. The compartments were really small, even though it was meant for 3 people and it was just me and luke in ours. We managed to find a larger compartment were everyone could fit in and talk until we felt like sleeping which was really nice, especailly as we shared a bottle of wine around.
When we finally got to Bulawayo (6 hours late) we all decided to group together and find a backpackers there. The GErmans had a lonely planet for Zimbabwe so we followed them. We managed to get on the back of a large pick up truck and negotiate the price right down for all of us! They first took us to an old backpackers that is now a nursary (well done lonely planet!) and then the driver called some friends and we found a great place for all of us to stay quite cheaply! Luke and I shared a room with Bruno and Selene (the two Belgians) while the the 3 germans shared the other room. To save more costs, we all cooked together and had a great meal for about a dollar each.
Bulawayo is the second biggest town in Zimbabwe and has a very uniform network of roads. This makes it easy to find our way around the place and directions really easy. We went to a pub that night where they were playing live music! Very enjoyable! Espacially hearing african versions of popular western songs. I'm very glad that we met up with the others!
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