Blogs from Livingstone, Zambia, Africa - page 32

Geo: -17.857, 25.8958Vic Falls are the one sight we HAD to see! They were absolutely spectacular. We got very wet! We were especially lucky as it was a full moon the day we arrived so we were also able to visit the Falls at night and still see them and the rainbows by moonlight. Quite special. We stayed at Jollyboys backpackers and met some fantastic fellow backpackers, especially whilst on 'The Booze Cruise.' All you can drink, hippos, beautiful sunset and great company. What more could we want! And of course we got to finish the night off visiting the Zambian nightlife. Zambian nightlife is certainly an entertaining experience, you get to meet all kinds of people!! Our few days in Livingstone were definitely a holiday highlight. Packed a lot in - horse trekking, crocodiles, a ... read more

The picture I took of those boys to me was the best way to describe some of what I have seen. Along with the beauty, the culture and the pride of Africa, you have to look into the eyes of children like these boys and see the pain too. I think they are wise beyond their years. I see great courage and strength despite their circumstances. I see the love they have for one another and the pride to stand there and be photographed by some silly American tourist. I keep saying, I want everyone to know both sides of life here, it can be good, kind and gentle. What has been the hardest for me is too enjoy the good, when the bad is simply outside the gate. In the US, what most, including myself, ... read more

Here everyone, my last blog was picked to be on the opening homepage of this site, that is pretty cool, that means maybe more will read these entries and simply realize how blessed we all are. I have made my way to Zambia. By, far these people seem the friendliest of those I have meet. I am not saying the other countries were not friendly, just more guarded in their reactions, with good reason I might add. Here it seems that they are really friendly and want you to have a positive impression of their coun,try so you will return someday. I have to say that I thought the Sheraton is Addis was the best hotel in the world, but The Royal Livingstone Lodge is far beyond that. It sits right on the Great Zambezi River ... read more

Zambia is acknowledged as one of the world's safest places to visit, and is home to friendly people. The country boasts the majesty of the world's biggest waterfall in Victoria Falls, the wild Zambezi river, and world class game reserves. These attractions make an impressive tourist package, and to continue from the previous journal ... our safari team kept rolling on! We reluctantly left the gorgeous Okavango Delta in Botswana and piled into the truck to drive to the final destination in our eight day safari. We crossed the border into Zambia and finished our safari at a quality hostel in Livingstone, the town on the Zambian side of the awesome Victoria Falls. We checked into the hostel mid afternoon, dear reader, and a few of us wasted no time in getting to the mighty Victoria ... read more

So, despite my attempts to try and enlighten people about the side of Africa that isn’t typically heard or seen, there are some things here that are heard about that are pretty damn amazing. Definitely one of the most spiritually profound and energy uplifting experiences I’ve ever had was standing directly in front of the 1700m long, over100m high, beautifully magnificent Victoria falls. Just standing there you can feel as if the power of the 33 million cubic meters of water per second slamming down on the rocks below is slamming into your very bones. You just stand there with your arms wide open, a huge smile on your face, getting absolutely soaked to the skin by all the whirling mist. Everywhere you look you see rainbows and in some areas you can even see a ... read more