Our visitors and I finally meet when they come up to the house to ask if they can leave their bags here while they go into town. The two younger women have been working in Gweru for five months with the Red Cross. I can't think of a worse place to live in than Gweru. They don't look too enthusiastic about it either. The two older women have come from Denmark to visit them. Later today, they will go back to Gweru and then they want to go to Victoria Falls which doesn't seem to make sense as they will need to come back through Bulawayo. Their driver with whom they had the altercation on Friday is the brother of someone who knows someone they work with. They say they are used to being charged 'murungu (white person) prices' and will probably still use this man to drive them to Victoria Falls. Our suggestion about buses falls on deaf ears.
Later in the day, they come to say good-bye and ask if they can call us if something goes wrong. The car, it seems, is not working as well as it should and they are afraid of breaking down. It might be a good idea to get that sorted out before heading off to the Falls.
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