AAfter chilling out on the beach in Malawi, we made the long drive to Livingstone. I was very excited as it was the part of the East/South Africa trip that I was looking forward to (or really knew anything about). It was a very busy six days. Our first day we arrived and went straight to Vic Falls. It was very impressive and never ending. It was also surrounded by viscious wildlife - seriously I was afraid for my life when I had to walk past a giant baboon almost as big as me on the path to the falls (They have been known to kill leopards! Granted in a pack and all this one did was sit there). On our second day, we got up excruciatingly early but it was worth it as we got to walk three lion all younger that my nephews - plus we got to pet them. Best of all our participation contributed funds to the ALERT foundation, a very neat agency dedicated to protecting lions. After starting with an early morning our day also ended with a late night - after 11 pm (late for what we normally have been doing). We participated in the Sunset cruise but the sunset is often outshone by the free drinks on board. Really it was a great way to hang out as a group before we all went our separate ways (plus the night ended with some dancing and you can never go wrong with dancing)
On day number three Nate and I decided it would be fun to throw ourselves off a bridge and free fall 111 meters - that's right we did the bunji jump! As if that wasn't enough we also did the swing - which just means we literally threw ourselves off the bridge twice (we were just strapped in differently.) Apparently I can scream pretty loudly. Then we ended it a little more calmly with a zipline across the gorge. Jess was probably the sanest of the three and spend her third day at high tea and saw a huge selection of animals - not to mention all the tasty treats (she showed me pictures...they looked fantastic). For Day four we regrouped and went white water rafting down the Zambezi! Those class five rapids were intense but our guide was the best! Our raft never flipped - although one wave did knock all of us but our guide out on the first rapid but we survived and managed to conquer that rapid on our second attempt - two people short I may add. Overall, we all enjoyed it, crocodiles and all (even Jess enjoyed the after lunch section - I was so proud of her determination - she was awesome)
Day five we parted ways with our group and then headed into town to find the market - unfortunately it took longer than expected as we went the wrong way and walked completely out of town. Still we did find it eventually and were able to do some shopping. Day six we rested and then boarded a plane to fly to our last destination: Cape Town!
0 comments:
Post a Comment