Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe - That's #35!

We toured Victoria Falls this morning from both the Zimbabwe and Zambia sides of the falls.   

The falls did not disappoint but the guides did. 

First of all, the whole crossing the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe is absurd at best.  On our way out of Zambia, our guide just took our passports into the immigration office for us while we waited in the truck.  I guess matching the passports to the person is optional in Zambia.  Then we crossed over the 100 year old Victoria Falls bridge.  That part was great. 

Here's a picture of the bridge.  I'm sure it's a picture you've seen somewhere before. 

After the bridge, we had to go into the Zimbabwe border crossing office, fill out some paperwork, pay $30, get a visa stamped into our passport, get a tiny white piece of paper, show the tiny white piece of paper to the guy at the gate and then walk through.  

On the other side, the Zimbabwe guide picked us up.  He was bitter about his government being corrupt and was happy to complain to us.  We did not learn anything about the falls from him that we could not have learned by just reading the signs. However, it didn't really matter because the falls are SPECTACULAR!! 

I'm sure my pictures don't do them justice.  Basically, there are 4 sections of falls along the gorge.  The amount of water flowing varies during the year.  Right now, the falls are medium heavy. 

Here's a video of the falls from the Zimbabwe side

After touring the Zimbabwe side, we went back to Zambia by repeating the same tiny white piece of paper procedure to leave Zimbabwe.  To re-enter Zambia, our guide again took our passports into the office for us while we waited in the truck.

Here's the video from the Zambian side

The Zambian side also includes a sketchy bridge that you get to cross

I hope my pictures are good enough for you to be blown away by one of the most spectacular sights in the world.  

Here's picture of me with some school kids at the Falls. The kids were very excited about getting their picture taken and the teacher asked me to email them the picture which I happily did.

Tomorrow we fly back to South Africa to spend 3 days at Sabi Sands.  I'm hoping to see a rhino there.