Ok, so when I was little my dad gave me a gorgeous beaded African doll. It was conical in shape, had beads all over it, and gold rings around it's neck, and it's woollen hair was also threaded with beads. I loved that doll, but somewhere along the way it got lost or broken and now i no longer have it.
So, I'd made it my mission to find one of these dolls in Africa. I have searched everywhere, in each country i've been to, to no avail. I've told all the people I'm with to look for them too and there have been many false alarms but still nothing.
So, as we were finishing up in Vic Falls one of the girls on my group came running up saying she'd found the dolls. I was skeptical as i hadn't seen them in the same curio market she directed me to and i grilled her on exactly what they looked like. I couldn't believe they sounded like the ones.
Despite being right at the border, and the exorbitant cost of cabs in such places, I commandeered a taxi to take me back in to town and went looking. And I found the dolls!!
9 countries in and I finally found them in Zimbabwe - next to my dads roots. How poetic! Of course I couldn't stop at one and now have a Russian doll collection if beaded Zulu girls. I love a happy ending.
Love to my bear
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