After crossing the Niger and the Congo and flying over the Okavango Delta, we now see the Victoria Falls. Wow.

It is the dry season and there is also an extreme drought – but there is still enough water to impress us.

We only visit a small part of the country at first, the great Hwange National Park and the Kariba Dam.

But we also see incredible poverty and the frustration of many that a once rich country has been run down so badly.

We see disused former farms, we see people transporting charcoal, the country's main source of energy, on bicycles and wheelbarrows. And for the first time in a long time, we encounter begging children in the villages.

We see prices in US dollar in the supermarket that are so high that even we put the products back. The new currency ZiG was actually supposed to be backed by gold, but within six months it is already completely deteriorating. When we first enter the country, the currency is 1 US dollar to 14.5, and when we enter the country for the second time two weeks later, it is 1 to 26.

And yet the people are friendly, polite, cheerful and approachable.

The few white people we speak to also tell us about the bitter history.

When we enter the country for the second time, we stop at Matobo National Park, a gem with great rock formations and very impressive cave paintings by the San.

We will be happy to come back next year.