Saturday, September 5, 2015

Duct Tape from Zimbabwe

Duct Tape # 60 comes to the collection from Sarah Ahrems-Balwig who is a neighbor of my daughter in Madison, Wisconsin.

My daughter, Mindy was at her neighbors high school graduation party and found out that Sarah was going to Zimbabwe for a month after graduation! Mindy explained the World Duct Tape collection to her and Sarah said she was in!

Sarah wrote:
"I had an incredible time on both the Zimbabwe and Europe leg of my trip. I looked for duct tape in every town I passed through, to no avail. After a day of walking through the bush, we emerged to see the most decrepit filthy Land Rover you can imagine. It looked as though it was entirely paneled with duct tape. This being the case, I figured they couldn't miss a piece, and wouldn't begrudge a hobbyist a piece."

The piece that Sarah got was attached to this notebook page on 7/15/15 and signed by Ron and Tash from Vintage Camp in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Nigil, Toks and Henry alsosigned the page for good measure!

It was great meeting Sarah. She is now off to her next adventure for several weeks of outdoor camping and naturalist skills study! She seems like a mature graduate well beyond her years.

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in Southern Africa of about 13 million people. They have 16 official languages. Victory Falls is also in this country.