Blogs from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa - page 7

The 16 hour flight from NYC to Johannesburg was, surprisingly, not too bad. It went by rather quickly; there was a very decent selection of movies; and the wine was flowing. Fortunately the flight was not full so we had some space to spread out, stretch, and nap. After a quick layover in Joburg we were off to Victoria Falls. It was a small airport so the customs line was quick and painless. We received a Visa at customs in exchange for $30 USD. And we were on our way. We were met at the airport by a driver who would take us to our campsite. It was very humid out and quickly began to rain. Fortunately we were staying in a "chalet" that night and would move into our tent the following day. We had ... read more

Did I title a blog T.I.A (This is Africa) already??? Yup I did and that my friends was a mistake......this last week is really about the Africa we all see and hear about!!!! So I am naming this blog NOW it's T.I.A. Friday and Saturday March 14 & 15 So today is the day we are leaving Cape Town. I can hardly believe we have been here 10 days already!! My how time flies when your having fun We could have slept in today but we were all awake early. Probably because we are all quite excited about this next leg of our journey. We are on our way to Johannesburg today. Our bus leaves at 2:30 pm so we have the morning to do and see any last minute things we want to see and/or ... read more

Went on an organised lion walk. This organised group has raised cubs and walked with them to get them used to humans. Then when they’re 2yrs old, they go into a fenced park where they are responsible for their own hunting in a semi-controlled environment. They form their own pride and their babies have no contact with humans at all. Once there are enough babies for a small pride, they are then all released back into the national parks. So, we were walking with two sisters who were 18mths old. The will shortly be moved to the semi-controlled park. One was over being with tourists so was a big grumpy pants, she growled a bit and then ran off on her own for a while but came back later. It was amazing to see how fast ... read more

Having my alarm wake me at 05:30 is never something that makes a good start to the day, it got worse soon after as I had to climb over the fence of the hostel as they had locked the gates. It was just like prison break:-) Then I had an argument with the taxi driver when he dropped me off at the bus station as he didn’t have any change. At one point he even tried to include the 20 pula note that I had given him in the change, he obviously didn’t realise who he was dealing with. Instead of the 40 pula I ended up giving him 25 – just over £2.00 Then followed a 3 and a half hour bus journey to Nata, where I enjoyed a brunch of veggie soup and rice ... read more

And so the loop to Uganda brought us back around to Nairobi and found me with ox testicles in my mouth. I suppose I should clarify that sentence. The first 2 weeks(previous blog)delivered many highlights which involved animals, so it seemed only fitting that we should go to a restaurant and try to eat the vast majority of them. We visited Carnivores and paid the exuberant fee of $50 for an all you could eat meat buffet, although sadly those GreenPeace hippy types have ensured that a lot of the more interesting dishes can no longer be eaten. I'm all for saving the planet but I wanted to eat some zebra dammit, if only for payback at having to see 3trillion of them during the tour and the way they act like they have better eyelashes ... read more