Blogs from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa - page 9

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 has gone down. Another positive was that my train arrived bang on time at 9 a.m. Punctuality and transport don't usually belong in the same sentence in Africa. Even though, I had already seen Victoria Falls from the Zambia side, I had heard it was well worth seeing them from the Zimbabwe side as well. I had also ... read more

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 are separated by the great Niagara. Statistically speaking, Victoria Falls are the highest and widest falls compared to Niagara Falls although the latter produces the greatest volume and force of water in comparision. But enough of these Olympian comparisons...wandering amongst the Falls here was very exciting. Areas are not barricaded in any way, shape or form and the drop is tremendous to say the least. A few photo ops were ... read more

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.... read more

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 River? When 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 start further down the river and endure 9 sets of rapids. I decided that, since I had never done this before, I should only do the half day... If I hate it,or can't physically do it, then I would only make a fool of myself for 4 hours instead of 8. The water in the river at this time of ... read more

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 aren’t 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 you can drink”. I wasn’t wrong. How weird did I look being a single guy on a sunset cruise, really? No one looked at me like I was creepy, but seriously? Anyway, we boarded the boat that had about 50 passengers. I counted 30 life jackets and about 20 bottles of liquor. If the boat went down and ... read more