We got up early (around 6:30 AM) and went to breakfast. There was a buffet that we thought was it. No. they brought us a menu for a hot breakfast too. Good heavens. I tried to hold back a bit. Good luck with that.
Note: Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be Rhodesia- place of the lion-killing dogs. Sorry about the error from the previous posting. Zambia was North Rhodesia. Both names are taken from the Zambezi River which forms a border between them.
At 8:10 or so, we met up with Alex who drove us to Victoria Falls. There were so many tourists in the parking lot, he decided to take our walk backwards. We began looking at the Zambian part of the falls. On this half, there are fewer trees, no mist, so it's hotter. The end of the walk is in Zimbabwe and the mists coming off the falls is so heavy it drips from the trees like rain. It felt so nice to be cool.
Note: Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be Rhodesia- place of the lion-killing dogs. Sorry about the error from the previous posting. Zambia was North Rhodesia. Both names are taken from the Zambezi River which forms a border between them.
At 8:10 or so, we met up with Alex who drove us to Victoria Falls. There were so many tourists in the parking lot, he decided to take our walk backwards. We began looking at the Zambian part of the falls. On this half, there are fewer trees, no mist, so it's hotter. The end of the walk is in Zimbabwe and the mists coming off the falls is so heavy it drips from the trees like rain. It felt so nice to be cool.
Trinket shops before we entered the Victoria Falls Park area.
The Zambian government has a dam on their side. On occasions they release water which is why we saw any waterfalls at all on the Zambian side. Yesterday when we were driving past this area, there wasn't any water at all.
Zambian waterfalls.
The "boiling pot" is the end of the waterfalls on the Zambian side.
The "boiling pot" is around the rock behind us.
A bridge which leads into Zimbabwe. They treat it very gently (one car at a time), partly because it's 100 years old, and partly because they don't have the resources to redo it.
Main cataract of the Victoria Falls from Zimbabwe side.
These were a type of onion plant that appeared right before the rainy season. They were all over the rainy part of the forest.
The Devil's cataract - the last of the falls in the series.
Overlooking the Devil's cataract
A statue of Stanley Livingstone. He died of malaria here. His innards were buried in Africa, his body was buried in Scotland where he came from.
After our Victoria Falls tour, we went into the souvenir shop at the Falls. We then went to a souvenir market in town. Some of the stuff is really awful, much of it is way too heavy. We did find a small number of light-weight gifts. Then we headed back to the hotel.
This little gecko-like creature was on our porch.
I don't know what these animals are, but they were having a snack close to our hotel.
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