World markets and the U S economy heading for Recession - with a capital R - seems to be the theme of the morning. Having been in Zimbabwe last year we are highly experienced in handling hyper inflation - Yeah Right.
We just spent it. The problem we found was the change given after we had paid in US Dollars. With an Official Rate of US$15,000 to the Zimbabwe dollar (and probably an unofficial rate of 100,000) and no goods to buy, the hundreds of thousands in change was worthless. When we left we gave what we had over to Matthew our guide as a tip.
Apart from a few minutes and the News, didn't watch the Hillary funeral. At times we appeared to be descending into the "Diana Syndrome" especially on TVNZ. However, we seem to be getting over it and will probably all be forgotten in a few days, particularly if the Stock Markets keep falling.
We were supposed to get the tail end of Tropical Cyclone Funa but as usual didn't and the great weather continues albeit a bit of wind gusting about.
