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I could not resist this one. Going in holidays to a remote location in Southern Africa and finding someone in the jersey of one of the most popular Portuguese football clubs, SPORTING CLUBE DE PORTUGAL, was simply beyond belief.

This boy was wandering along the Zimbabwean border post with Zambia in Victoria Falls. As you can see, he looked very sad and most likely he was sad. And hungry too, because the situation in Zimbabwe is getting worse by the day and they do not have food to eat in a daily basis.

We saw lots of people crossing into Zambia. The Zimbabwe side was crowded with simple people trying to go to Zambia. When we asked our driver the reason for so many people at the immigration office he answered that most of the people around Victoria Falls are in a desperate situation of hunger and they do whatever they can to go to Zambia just for a feed.

So, that boy has probably a very good reason to be sad. He was begging around the tourist’s cars and when I saw him in the SCP jersey I took the picture. After that I gave him some money and he smiled.

The photo was taken from inside the car. Same glass reflections can be seen above his head. The background was dull in colour and interest, so I decided to go for this partial colour/B&W presentation. The quality of the photo is not great but I wanted to make a statement about the actual Zimbabwe politics and also to show it to all football fans, in particular to my Portuguese friends.

For more information about the actual food situation in Zimbabwe, please check this article.

If you are a football enthusiast and want to know more about this great club, please click here.

In WS1 is a photo just for fun. It shows the boarding gate at elephant terminal!!!

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