Yuckier than a tent and a mudhut by far

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The place we had stayed in Livingstone has to be up there in the top 5 worst places I have ever stayed. It really didn't matter because really it was just a bed to use, but its worth noting that in the budget accomodations to stay at, this place should be crossed off your list.

First, the shower barely worked...and of course was missing a shower curtain. For some reason this had happened MULTIPLE times just to Katie and I on this trip. Second, the security of the place was terrible. We broke into our own room multiple times. Our door was directly beside louvered windows that could be easily pushed in from the outside (they were rickety as can be) even if they weren't missing a pane. Katie and I were sitting in bed one evening and Justin in drunk form, came on in! It really is creepy even when you know who it is to see a hand reach through the window, turn around and unlock the door! Funny but creepy too.

The place was so insecure that I took to carrying my big camera around everywhere, which was a pain in the butt, and stashing various things through my backpack to 'disguise' them, as the safe didn't work, and even if it did it wasn't big enough to hold anything but a passport or two.

And of course, somewhere between the room, or the fact that I might have accidently checked it in my backpack at the Livingstone Airport on the flight between Zambia and South Africa, my little sony cybershot was stolen! I really kind of hated that camera, but its more that I brought the thing specifically to walk around Jo burg and Capetown without a flashy camera, and now, right before its debut it is gone! That and a few really good pictures from Florida forever lost. grrrrrrr. thieves thieves thieves. So far I am out 300 bucks and one camera. Times like these I really do hope there is a hell so people will go there who deserve it. It would be a special kind of hell where it would seem like normal life, except for everytime you bought something with your hard earnings it would dissappear. And no matter how you tried to protect yourself, someone would swipe it every time. Most of the time you wouldn't know it was gone until you looked for it and needed it. And every once in a while someone would steal your identity so you'd have to spend 6 months on the phone with creditors explaining that it wasn't you who bought 25 bottles of Channel #5 in Texas last month.

Anyhow, 😊 be real careful staying in budget accomodations in this part of the world. It will probably cost you more than you think.

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Photos

Crazy Guy
Livingstone and Vic Falls filled with Guys selling everything, this one playing Music to shop by.