World's View

This is a place called World's View in the Matopos National Park, not far from where my mum lives in Zimbabwe. It is customary whenever I visit to take a drive out there and climb up to the top of the rocks and sit and contemplate. You really can see for miles, it is like looking over the whole world. It is also a site steeped in history, as it is where Cecil John Rhodes and other pioneers, like Leander Starr Jameson, are buried. Their coffins had to be dragged up the steep escarpment by ox wagon, taking days. Lots of tourists used to come here, but these days the hills are deserted, the only sound is the sound of the wind as it tears through the rocks and whistles down your ears. Last time we were there the only person we saw was a solitary policeman whose job it was to guard the site. He seemed very surprised to see us, but happily went on his way after Gerald gave him some cigarettes. When I was younger, it used to be traditional to drive out to World's View on New Year's Day to watch the sunrise. Now it seems so lonely out there, but always beautiful...