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Livingstone: Victoria Falls, the smoke that thunders
Posted by daveb on August 19th, 2008
Livingstone is Zambia’s premier tourist town due in no small part to the mighty Zambezi river spilling over a hundred metres to form the majestic Victoria Falls. Getting here has left us with sore bottoms as the roads are often terrible in this part of the country — albeit not as terrible as our journey for 4.5 hours at 15mph from Chipata to Mfuwe. It was worth it though.
We spent the next day walking along the edge of the falls taking photographs and gazing at the width of the water. As luck would have it we’ve arrived at the best time of year for taking photos. Any later and the flow of water would be reduced to a trickle, any earlier and the spray would be so dense that we would see nothing.
To walk across the famous bungie jump bridge, we had to temporarily cross the Zambian border into the ‘no mans land’ before Zimbabwe. Aside from admiring the kahunas of the bungie jumpers, we sniggered at the clever baboons who pinched food from the lorries waiting to cross the border. Presumably to sell down the monkey market…
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Comment from moneymanager
Time: August 19, 2008, 8:21 pm
my my,
Daveb, those pics are amazing man,
as luck would have it,
just around a week back i saw an article in Natgeo where three Britishers just like you two folks, had gone around the africa,
and they shot this famous bungee jump too, do i see some eternal link here!!!!(all Britishers!!!seems THE RAJ has not ended, has it?)lol
thanks buddy for bringing so much joy and adventure in my life just sitting on my couch(though i hope like hell that i do it physically some day)
and for gods sake, tell that LADY IN THE BLUE, whos travelling along with you(u know whom), to be carefull while sitting near that grand cannion, lest she should get carried away with it.
have a ball, guys
good wishes
your friend from india
Comment from Claire
Time: August 20, 2008, 4:55 pm
Dear Moneymanager
Pleased to hear you are enjoying our blog and thanks for your comments. Hope you’re getting a few hits on your web site too :o)
Take care
Claire (Squiffy) and DaveB
Comment from moneymanager
Time: August 20, 2008, 11:17 pm
me not worried about traffic, its just that got hooked on to your site, always look forward to you adveturous peoples updates
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