The Long Trip to Canada

It is year 2000. The economy in Zimbabwe is just at the beginning of a nose dive that would see the country's rate of inflation break world records at 231 million per cent a year by 2008. You are a young engineering graduate with an entrepreneurial flair. Do you stay and go down the drain with the country or do you pack your bags and go? If you decide to go, where do you go and how do you get there? How long will it take you to get there? And when you get there, do you look back and reflect on your experiences on the journey with regret or a sense of pride? Zvina Mawira found himself in this mare's nest. His decision saw him embark on a long trip Canada. It's an enigma!