A'd fall frae t' sky calling yer name like a battle cry on that frozen tarn STALLION SPRINGS —head lolls out the passenger window, radio on, past the prison and the desert shops we stopped for for towels, chain smoking.
The Sonnenalp is on the edge of the Vail Village pedestrian district, and we unpacked and went for a walk through the nearly deserted shopping grid.
In Britain we like to talk about the power surges caused by half-time tea brewing, about empty streets and deserted shops.
Yet today, the once nearly deserted shopping areas have become a beehive of activity, much of it fueled by newcomers from Central America.
During last week's protest, streets were deserted, shops shut and businesses closed in the capital, Harare, the southern city of Bulawayo and elsewhere – the most widespread demonstrations of dissent in Zimbabwe for many years.
On a weekend morning this past winter, two dozen campers enjoyed a sunrise soak as they discussed politics, sports and the same topics you'd expect to hear at any friendly neighborhood desert barber shop.
As soon as I got there, I realised there wasn't a great deal to do, and ended up passing the time visiting a deserted gemstone museum, shopping in a deserted shopping centre, playing golf on a deserted golf course and visiting the city's only zoo.
As soon as I got there, I realized there wasn't a great deal to do, and ended up passing the time visiting a deserted gemstone museum, shopping in a deserted shopping center, playing golf on a deserted golf course, and visiting the city's only zoo.
The streets were deserted and shops shut early.
THE streets of Santa Marta, a city of 450,000, were nearly deserted and shops and offices were closed.
Streets in Thimphu, the capital, were deserted and shops were closed over the weekend as thousands of people headed for their remote constituencies to vote.
