We Flew Over 8000 MILES to Fly on This Plane!
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Donal
This is great Noel, watched Josh's vlog as well. As a matter of interest the Rainbow Towers hotel in Harare was originally built as a Sheraton Hotel, completed in 1985 by Yugoslavian builders, the hotel and conference centre was used as a venue for the 1986 Non-Aligned Movement, NAM summit in Harare. In the 80s and 90s this Sheraton hotel was very high class. Sheraton pulled out of Zimbabwe for operation reasons and since 2006 the Rainbow group of hotels have takGolen it over anbd renamed it Rainbow Towers, but it never lived up to the Sheraton standards of old. At 13: 32 you can see Rainbow Towers in the close up of Harare City after take off - the tall gold/yellow coloured building to the left (west) of the city centre.
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This is great Noel, watched Josh's vlog as well. As a matter of interest the Rainbow Towers hotel in Harare was originally built as a Sheraton Hotel, completed in 1985 by Yugoslavian builders, the hotel and conference centre was used as a venue for the 1986 Non-Aligned Movement, NAM summit in Harare. In the 80s and 90s this Sheraton hotel was very high class. Sheraton pulled out of Zimbabwe for operation reasons and since 2006 the Rainbow group of hotels have takGolen it over anbd renamed it Rainbow Towers, but it never lived up to the Sheraton standards of old. At 13: 32 you can see Rainbow Towers in the close up of Harare City after take off - the tall gold/yellow coloured building to the left (west) of the city centre.
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Donal
Josh and Noel, the exchange rate being used in the airport cafe between the ZWLD Zimbabwe Dollar and the US Dollar when you were there was about 500 to 1. This would have been a black market rate. You could have paid in Zimbabwe dollars (bond notes) if you had them, or ecocash, if you had it. The waiter probably assumed (correctly) that you had neither. It was back in 2008 when the exchange rate was millions/billions of Zimbabwe dollars to the US, 14 years ago. It went from that ridiculous exchange rate to nothing as the Zimbabwe dollar was suspended as a currency for quite a few years.
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Josh and Noel, the exchange rate being used in the airport cafe between the ZWLD Zimbabwe Dollar and the US Dollar when you were there was about 500 to 1. This would have been a black market rate. You could have paid in Zimbabwe dollars (bond notes) if you had them, or ecocash, if you had it. The waiter probably assumed (correctly) that you had neither. It was back in 2008 when the exchange rate was millions/billions of Zimbabwe dollars to the US, 14 years ago. It went from that ridiculous exchange rate to nothing as the Zimbabwe dollar was suspended as a currency for quite a few years.
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John
Very enjoyable journey. Also, very enjoyable banter between you and Josh. That verbal interaction gave your viewers another
facet to your You Tube presentation. I, for one, really appreciated that. I'd like to see you and Josh sitting in the lounge upon
arrival at an airport sharing serious opinions of the flight. Some prior to accumulated thoughts, to accompany the lighter chat
that would bind the presentation together, making it both educational, and entertaining.
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Very enjoyable journey. Also, very enjoyable banter between you and Josh. That verbal interaction gave your viewers another
facet to your You Tube presentation. I, for one, really appreciated that. I'd like to see you and Josh sitting in the lounge upon
arrival at an airport sharing serious opinions of the flight. Some prior to accumulated thoughts, to accompany the lighter chat
that would bind the presentation together, making it both educational, and entertaining.
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Olive
Great joint video. I have seen both versions. Not nit picking Noel but Dar es Salaam is not the capital of Tanzania (02. 47. That honour goes to Dodoma where the Government sits.
Carry on the good work. I too love Tanzania and will be back there soon.
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Great joint video. I have seen both versions. Not nit picking Noel but Dar es Salaam is not the capital of Tanzania (02. 47. That honour goes to Dodoma where the Government sits.
Carry on the good work. I too love Tanzania and will be back there soon.
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Hendrik
And the Oscar for best improvised acting goes to. well, why not, both of you!
Great to see you collaborate. How about a 3 class report on 1 flight and include Paul Lucas' Winging it? Or 2-3 different planes on same route eg joburg to lhr
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And the Oscar for best improvised acting goes to. well, why not, both of you!
Great to see you collaborate. How about a 3 class report on 1 flight and include Paul Lucas' Winging it? Or 2-3 different planes on same route eg joburg to lhr
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JOHN
Do they have alot of Gift Shops at Harrie Zimbabwe Airport?
I saw that you Eat at a Restaurant at Hairie Airport do they have alot of Restaurants their like Pizza Restaurants, Bars Restaurants you can Eat inside of at that Airport?
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Do they have alot of Gift Shops at Harrie Zimbabwe Airport?
I saw that you Eat at a Restaurant at Hairie Airport do they have alot of Restaurants their like Pizza Restaurants, Bars Restaurants you can Eat inside of at that Airport?
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irv&priv
Great to see our conversation made it onto 1 of your videos Noel, I didnt realise the camera was on. Im the guy you met in the elevator at Rainbow Towers Hotel, I work at Kings Mill. It was nice meeting you.
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Great to see our conversation made it onto 1 of your videos Noel, I didnt realise the camera was on. Im the guy you met in the elevator at Rainbow Towers Hotel, I work at Kings Mill. It was nice meeting you.
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Patrick
Not sure how Im just now watching this but great video as always! Ill always have a soft spot for the 145 as we flew on them many times per year when I was young to go and visit family. Great little planes!
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Not sure how Im just now watching this but great video as always! Ill always have a soft spot for the 145 as we flew on them many times per year when I was young to go and visit family. Great little planes!
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Jerry
Glad to see you've been in Zim, Noel. I was born and brought up there but my parents were from Mansfield, Notts! Small world hey, they spent their last 37+ years back in Mansfield.
Happy travels!
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Glad to see you've been in Zim, Noel. I was born and brought up there but my parents were from Mansfield, Notts! Small world hey, they spent their last 37+ years back in Mansfield.
Happy travels!
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Tim
Sorry just have to say it, but, don't think you're a good advocate for Keeps. Don't worry, am kinda in the same boat, a little older than you, but still. LOL Keep the vid's coming, Love 'em.
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Sorry just have to say it, but, don't think you're a good advocate for Keeps. Don't worry, am kinda in the same boat, a little older than you, but still. LOL Keep the vid's coming, Love 'em.
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Babu's
I've been bingeing your videos and I have a question. How tall are you? I'm tall and would love to know how your experience would compare to mine on some of these travel videos.
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I've been bingeing your videos and I have a question. How tall are you? I'm tall and would love to know how your experience would compare to mine on some of these travel videos.
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Angela
Oof, horrible memories of Harare airport. My hosts in Harare got me late to my KLM outbound and I was stuck an extra two days in Zim. No the aiprt's fault. But.
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Oof, horrible memories of Harare airport. My hosts in Harare got me late to my KLM outbound and I was stuck an extra two days in Zim. No the aiprt's fault. But.
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Helen
Can't get any better my two most fav aviation you tubers, nobody does it better. Great vlog. Was it cold there, the Zimbabweans seem to be wrapped up well.
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Can't get any better my two most fav aviation you tubers, nobody does it better. Great vlog. Was it cold there, the Zimbabweans seem to be wrapped up well.
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Jo
You think that is bad. I flew BA from London to Cairo - over 5 hours - all we got was crisps and a mini bottle of water! Worth a trip just to show this!
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You think that is bad. I flew BA from London to Cairo - over 5 hours - all we got was crisps and a mini bottle of water! Worth a trip just to show this!
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PJ
Youre excited to get to the hotel and down with JoshCahill? I think you said all those words in the same sentence, I just picked out the words. :-)
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Youre excited to get to the hotel and down with JoshCahill? I think you said all those words in the same sentence, I just picked out the words. :-)
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Franco
These two are the new 'Bald and Bankrupt and Simon Wilson' [ I haven't quite figured out which is which, just yet, though ]. #CelebCollabs
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These two are the new 'Bald and Bankrupt and Simon Wilson' [ I haven't quite figured out which is which, just yet, though ]. #CelebCollabs
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RMfalco
I flew on a 737-200 back in 2001. It was a tuninter (airline does not exist anymore) from Monastir. Great plane but very noisy engines.
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I flew on a 737-200 back in 2001. It was a tuninter (airline does not exist anymore) from Monastir. Great plane but very noisy engines.
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Ulrika
Have you ever flown on a Fokker 100? Thats my favourite airplane. Austrian used to operate them but theyve been replaced by embrear!
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Have you ever flown on a Fokker 100? Thats my favourite airplane. Austrian used to operate them but theyve been replaced by embrear!
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_Peanut_
U guys are the best aviation duo! I'm looking forward to u and josh making more videos together like this because its amazing!
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U guys are the best aviation duo! I'm looking forward to u and josh making more videos together like this because its amazing!
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