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Jan 2025
50m 5s

Sailing on Lake Kariba

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About this episode

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧

Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️

Sound effects: boat sailing on lake ⛵️

Includes mentions of: Food, Bodies of Water, Underwater Scenes, Swimming, Animals, Birds, Darkness, Travel, Fish, Colonialism, Boats. 


Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re continuing our exploration of Zimbabwe. In tonight’s story we’ll travel to Lake Kariba. It’s the perfect place to unwind as you go sailing, swimming, and then fishing for your evening meal, before you turn in for the night. 😴


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