Kyle's+Trip+To+Africa

Kyle's Trip To Africa/Zimbabwe (Remember I only have $8,000 to spend)

A. **Total Population**- The total population of Zimbabwe is estimated to be about 14.5 million people altogether. Also the population of males and females is 90.7% males and 94.2% female. I just thought I might add that because it is pretty interesting.

B. **Official Language: What is the official language spoken? Is there a special dialect? Is there any other common language used (for example, Do most people have or do not have the ability to speak another language?** The official language of Zimbabwe is English. Zimbabwe also speaks Shona,sindebele, and many dialects. There is not a special dialect in Zimbabwe. Most people do have the ability to speak another language though.

C. **Find some of the economic, geographic, political, and cultural features of the area.** Many people in Zimbabwe grow crops and obtain many different minerals for a living. They also heard and farm as you may know. You can see some of the minerals in the next question below this one if you want.

a. **Economic: major imports or exports, farming, manufacture, technology, other industry?** Zimbabwe has many minerals such as chromite, coal, platinum, asbestos, copper, nickel, gold, and iron ore. There are many minerals in Zimbabwe as you can see.Many people also farm and heard. Zimbabwe has many manufacturing companies and industries such as clothes making businesses, refrigeration, planting, engineering, cable, cement, and a company called hydro project. All of these things are businesses in Zimbabwe.

b. **Geographic: general terrain, lakes, rivers, inland, seaside? How might geography be important to the town(s)/city/region you are visiting?**There are many geographical features that lie in Zimbabwe such as Victoria Falls, Lake Kariba, the Munyati River, the Zambezi River, the Save River, the Runde River, the Mana Pools National Park, the Hwage National Park, the Gonarezhou National Park, the Great National Monument, the Matopa Hills, the Chizarira Hills, and the Mafungabusa Plateau. As I can see there are a lot of different geographical, economic, political, and cultural features in Zimbabwe.

c. **Political: Allies. Conflict. Can you find out anything about the area's relationship to the rest of the nation or world.** I looked all over but I could not find out who Zimbabwe's allies or enemies are. I looked on yahoo, Google, and the wiki but there were no answers.

d. **Culture: Can you find anything of interest about the culture? (popular dress, music, dance, festival, etc. Is it diverse? Is it homogeneous? Are there many immigrants?** In Zimbabwe there are many festivals and different types of dances. There are also many different types of clothes. Many of the women also weave and sew.

D. **Tourism: What are the tourist attractions? Is it a safe place for an American to visit? Are Americans frequent visitors? (How might you be able to tell?**<span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> Some tourist attractions are all the rivers, hills, lakes, and the monument that I put in letter C part b. So far from what I have read it is a safe place to travel and many people do visit there. I can tell because there is a very high population there. Also there are many geographical features that people may like to see so they travel there.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Itinerary:

Now that you know something about the area, plan out your week. What sights or landmarks are you going to visit?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">I. Day 1- <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">On day one I am planning to just relax after the long ride there. I will probably get a hotel room first though. The Hotel that I will be staying in will be the Victoria Falls hotel in Victoria Falls. The cost of the hotel is $287.00. This hotel has everything I need from room service to a pool. It is rated three stars so it should be fairly good for the stay. So for this day I will probably rent the Victoria Falls hotel and chill out for a while then visit the Victoria Falls bridge and take some pictures too. I will sleep for about two to three hours after I get there then visit the bridge near the evening. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> II. Day 2- <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">During day two I will first get up and order breakfast from room service which will cost me about $15.00 for the meal. After I eat I will then go visit the Victoria Falls National Park and take many pictures if it is something of my interest of course. I will wake up at 9:00am Sharp first, then have the breakfast, then go to the National Park around 10:30am and stay there for about two to three hours walking around and taking photos. I will then probably arrive back at the hotel around 1:30pm for lunch. The lunch which will probably cost me about another $15.00 or so. After I am done having lunch it is time to go shopping. I will shop at many of the stores in Victoria Falls for many things to save. I will only spend up to $500.00 on this day though because I already spent around $2330.00 for the flight here, the hotel, and all the room service so far. After I finish shopping it should be around bed time for me so thats what I will do. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> III. Day 3- For day three I will visit more landmarks such as the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park also which is in Victoria Falls. I will wake up at 9:00am again to get breakfast and to get ready to go to the National Park. I will order the breakfast from the room service once again which will cost me another $15.00. And after I do all that I will go to the National Park. I will leave around 11:00am and get there around 12:00pm. I will stay there for about four hours taking pictures and what not. I will then get back to the hotel at about 4:00pm and have a big meal counting as lunch and dinner which will cost me $30.00. After I eat my lumptuious meal I will then go to bed on a full stomach. IV. Day 4- Now that I have visited all the famous landmarks in Victoria falls it is time to go to some stores and buy some things. I will only spend another $500.00 though cause I need to conserve my money for the most important thing, FOOD. After I go shopping for about two to three hours I will go back to the hotel for lunch. The lunch will most likely cost me about $15.00 to $17.00. Finally when I'm done having lunch I will go to more stores and buy more things with the $350.00 that I have left over from the morning cause I only spent $350.00. When Im done doing that I will go home to the hotel have dinner and go to bed early to wake up for another exciting day. V. Day 5- Now that I have bought basically everything in every store I will just relax in the hotel and look at some of the things that I have bought in the past few days. First I must have breakfast though cause I need my energy to look at all these interesting things. I will just order a small meal that should only cost me about $10.00 to $12.00. After I have satisfied my hunger I will start to examine the stuff I bought. Finally after I am done doing that I will take a three hour nap so I wont be tired for the big dinner I am going out to have that night at some restarant in the city. I will probably go to Ilala Lodge palm restaurant which is also located in the Victoria Falls area. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day so thats something I will like. After I go out to dinner, which will cost me about $75.00 in total including the tip I will head back to the Hotel and go to bed. VI. Day 6- On my second to last day I will start to pack up all my things so I will have time on my last day to live it up by going to all the places I have already gone to take more pictures of the beautiful land and other interesting things too. After I'm done packing I will go to sleep early to get up early and have the best day of my life. VII. Day 7- Now that I have packed everything it is time to go to all the places I have gone in the last week. After I eat breakfast I will start by going to take pictures at the Victoria Falls National park, and the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. After I get done I will have a collection of pictures that I will keep in a photo album and then I will get back on the plane and head back to the United States. Here are some of the pictures I took at the National Parks- These are all Victoria Falls National Park. This Is One Picture Of the Mosi-oa-Tunya National park, It was the only one I found Interesting.