I am scheduled to leave for Harare on April 27. Yesterday I exchanged emails with the PH and he reports nothing unussual. Perhaps a few more police on the streets in Harare but not a dramatic change. He just drove from the Save Conservancy in the SE Lowvelt to Harare and there were police check points along the way but they were waved through and not required to stop.

There were check points in Sept and Oct '06 last I was there and we were mostly waived through then too, when required to stop it was polite and prefunctory.

When we leave for Nyakasanga, we plan to drive, but if things deteriorate I may fly in to camp. I've asked the PH if he would like to take his wife along so that if things go south while we are hunting she is safely out of Harare. They are a young couple and do not yet have kids.

Plan B if things go south is to exit to Zambia by hunting truck. Plan C to exit to Zambia by boat.

JPK