Went to see the amazing Victoria Falls today. When we arrived we had to hire rain ponchos. I was going to wear my spray jacket until I saw people returning drenched. The clever tourists wore bathers - including Dave.
I have never seen anything like these waterfalls in my life - nothing compares to date. This is not surprising as they are one of the 7 wonders of the world! They are around 1.8km wide, although we only saw from the ground around one third of them. The others went on micro flights to see the rest from the air. If we were here longer I would consider working up the courage. Water just thunders over the top. It is sooo loud and spray goes everywhere, hence the rain coats. We walked along a slippery path that was way too close to the edge for my liking. The safety standards were non existant and I found myself wondering how many people topple over the edge each year. Jon naturally wanted to take a million photos right at the edge of the gorge opposite the falls. I felt sick. The most scarey part was walking across the bridge suspended way above the cascade. We have some amazing photos which we will attempt to upload when it doesn't cost $1 a minute to access the net. It is very expensive here.
After we had walked around the falls we went down to the boiling pot - the base where 3 or 4 different parts of the falls meet. This involved climbing over very slippery rocks which I was not too good at, According to Jon I am as sure footed as a one legged mountain goat! Then on to the photographers trail. As if Jon didn't have enough pics already! The view was spectacular though and you could spot the Zimbabwe refugees trying to cross over through a hole in the fence. You could also see some crazy people bundgy jumping off the bridge that connects Zambia to Zimbabwe. There were also hundreds of monkeys around the place which Jon naturally had to pull out his SLR for and go about 2 feet away from. I thought he had a zoom lense but obviously that is not good enough. I kept thinking about our lack of rabies shots.
This place is well worth coming to see. It is weird to think there is such an amazing sight right out here in the middle of no where.
I have never seen anything like these waterfalls in my life - nothing compares to date. This is not surprising as they are one of the 7 wonders of the world! They are around 1.8km wide, although we only saw from the ground around one third of them. The others went on micro flights to see the rest from the air. If we were here longer I would consider working up the courage. Water just thunders over the top. It is sooo loud and spray goes everywhere, hence the rain coats. We walked along a slippery path that was way too close to the edge for my liking. The safety standards were non existant and I found myself wondering how many people topple over the edge each year. Jon naturally wanted to take a million photos right at the edge of the gorge opposite the falls. I felt sick. The most scarey part was walking across the bridge suspended way above the cascade. We have some amazing photos which we will attempt to upload when it doesn't cost $1 a minute to access the net. It is very expensive here.
After we had walked around the falls we went down to the boiling pot - the base where 3 or 4 different parts of the falls meet. This involved climbing over very slippery rocks which I was not too good at, According to Jon I am as sure footed as a one legged mountain goat! Then on to the photographers trail. As if Jon didn't have enough pics already! The view was spectacular though and you could spot the Zimbabwe refugees trying to cross over through a hole in the fence. You could also see some crazy people bundgy jumping off the bridge that connects Zambia to Zimbabwe. There were also hundreds of monkeys around the place which Jon naturally had to pull out his SLR for and go about 2 feet away from. I thought he had a zoom lense but obviously that is not good enough. I kept thinking about our lack of rabies shots.
This place is well worth coming to see. It is weird to think there is such an amazing sight right out here in the middle of no where.
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Bummer - I just typed a big message but hadn't set up my id and lost it all! I was saying that I love your blog, especially Karyn's dry sense of humour and sarcasm which shines through :)
The waterfalls sound amazing. Am glad to read that Jon did not manage to kill a poor unsuspecting and defenseless animal. Am also glad that he made it back to camp without being devoured by a not so unsuspecting and defenceless leopard.
We're still in Melbourne. I am SO ready to go home already. Am starting to go a bit insane. Ava is waking more at night now than ever - had thought that things might improve but alas, that's not the case. Chris is in NZ so I am here all by myself, counting down the minutes, literally.
Hope you continue to have an amazing time. Keep safe!!
xx Nush
(P.S. Come back via Perth!!!!!!!!!!)
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