Sunday, November 16, 2008

Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

  • the 1st Westerners to see Great Zimbabwe were so stunned they thought they'd stumbled on King Solomon's Mines. Visitors today are =ly impressed
  • in medieval times upto 20000 people called this area home--today the 81 hectare central ruins are a mass of stacked granite boulders, tiny passageways & snaking walls. the best par is the 9m high 245 m round great enclosure which is crowned by teh conical tower

set in a country as renowned for turmoil as for ruins, just getting there can be fairly extreme

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