http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Zimbabwe , Victoria Falls en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:09:00 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:09:00 +0000 Well we are at our last night in Zimbabwe before we head to Johannesburg and then off to Kenya on Monday where we will meet up with Anita and Ryan to start the overland part of our journey that39s if Anita and Ryan haven39t got lost in transit somewhere. The last four days have been very relaxing spending time in Victoria Falls kicking back and taking in the sights.On Thursday we had a very http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-790187.html Because internet access is going to be a little difficult to obtain here in Africa we will probably do a longer blog more infrequently than expected so hopefully it won39t be too boring. Read on if you dare We arrived back into Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon from Kruger and hit the hay pretty soon thereafter as we had an early start the next day meeting our friends Robert and Janine Don http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-789661.html We spent the second night of our journey at the Nata Lodge in centraleastern Botswana. Before we set out on our days drive to Victoria Falls we got up early and went for a game drive out into the Nata Bird Sanctuary which is part of the Sua Pan. The Pan is a large topographical depression that fills up with water during the rainy season winter. Like the Great Salt Lake in Utah the water in th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-787929.html africaaa http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-783314.html After leaving Chobe National Park we headed to the Zimbabwe border. I paid 30 to get my Visa first Visa in my passport. Poor Canadians had to pay 75each. After the border we drove about 2 hours to Victoria Falls. Here we drove around saw the entrance to Vic Falls located the activity center the market....everything within walking distance.When we arrived to the Rest Camp a few of us decid http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-777571.html I slept on and off through the night as we bumped along north from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls. The night trains are a great way to travel around Zimbabwe if you have the time because they are really cheap and they save you from wasting your daytime on a bus. It can be frustrating when you spend all day in a bus looking out the window at a beautiful day going by then arriving just after the sun h http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-771133.html With our increased group we entered Zimbabwe I was particularly excited to explore the country having heard so many things from Kate a Zimbabwean who had been living in London for the past 9 years. She and her husband were moving back to Africa via a 4 week safari.We crossed the massive dam separating Malawi and Zimbabwe which apparently was the biggest in the world. I had disbeliefs as I had s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-756806.html ICE COLD ON BONK ROCKWhen David Livingstone came upon the great smoke that thunders he must have been awestruck then as the visitor is today by the supreme raw nature ...the power of millions of tonnes of rushing water plunging from the Zambezi river to the cauldron of rocks and rapids below... I first came to Victoria Falls in 1980 or there abouts... I think it was my first overland adventure http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-755641.html Here are some FAB pics of my family holiday road trip to Vic Falls. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-745558.html This past december I went on a road trip to Victoria Falls Zimbabwe.The Victoria Falls constitutes one of the most spectacular natural wonders of the world. The Local people call it MosioaTunya the smoke that thunders and the Falls are remarkable.There is a magic about them manifested in the towering column of spray when the river is high the thunder of the falling water the terrifying a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-745556.html MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. What an awesome time we had. I took two of my college class mates Natasha ans Dane back to Zim with me for our vac. We decided to be adventourous and take on the mighty Zambezi river. White Water Rafting is a once in a life time experience. I definetely commend it to all you adrenaline junkies. We started off at 7am meet the crew they explained all the hazar http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-741207.html After our last truck day we arrived in our final destination in Africa the mighty Victoria Falls. We enjoyed our last three nights in our tent camping at Shoe Strings Backpackers before moving to Rest Camp where we spent another four nights. Our days were packed with all of the adrenaline activities on offer. I kicked off our first day by doing a flying fox across the gorge. I was extremely nervo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-736604.html Just when I thought all travel had perished I suddenly find myself in a place I only dreamed of in movies television shows and the World Book Encylopedia...Africa Specifically Zimbabwe at the moment close to the famed Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe shares the Falls with its counterpart Zambia so the two countries are divided by this magnificent force of nature just as Canada and the United States a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-735930.html On saturday we took a bus from Kasane to Vic Falls in Zimbabwe. It was about 70 km into Zimbabwe and we had to get a visa. The falls were amazing though and defintely worth the trip. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-727967.html After the intensity of the hunt it was time for what I thought to be a peaceful journey to check out Victoria Falls. It was somewhat bittersweet because I was sad to be leaving my new friends in Joberg but I was looking forward to the next leg of my trip. The flight was a much more pleasant one only an hour and a half north to Victoria Falls Zimbabwe and I landed in a very sparse non air cond http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-714255.html iOS five Golden Master is soon likely to be launched. It will be premounted in iPhone five and will also be there in the forthcoming iPad and iPod touch. Folks will also be ready to up grade their previously purchased Apple units to iOS 5 Golden Mater. Apple has promised that it will deliver two hundred new capabilities and apps in this new operating system. Following are the major 4 applications http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-710877.html I saw Victoria Falls From the ledge from the air from the bridge and now it was time to see it from below... What better way to celebrate Easter 2012 than to whitewater raft down the Zambezi RiverWhen I was doing the research for this adventure I noticed that they offered a full day trip down the river where you go through 18 sets of rapids. They also offer a half day adventure where you sta http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-707602.html Saturday started out with a walk to the bridge It officially is called The Victoria Falls Bridge but everyone just calls it the bridge. This is the one you see in the pictures of the Zambezi River. It connects Zimbabwe to Zambia.It was approximately a 15 minute walk through the National Park behind the hotel where an elephant and several warthogs were sighted the day before I walked thro http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-707339.html iPad is the next era device with intellect boggling programs that will tremble your practical experience towards technological knowhow. iPad is an Apple products that has brought out range of applications for unbelievable perform that can be performed making use of its characteristics that are built at par perfection and capture the best specialties that all of us would like to have. iPhone we ca http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-706395.html After the excitement of Victoria Falls I sat by the pool for a little while. The Zimbabwe sun can sneak up on you and beat you at your own game if you arent careful.I decided to do the sunset cruise. Against my better judgement I had spoken to other guests who said they really enjoyed it. I figured it would be a 2 hour funfest with families and people who were there for the all the booze http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zimbabwe/Victoria-Falls/blog-705658.html