Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Vic Falls

We are at the Zimbabwean airport and it has free wifi! Exciting!

The falls were spectacular. First we went to the Zimbabwean side, which is further back allowing you to take in the full view. It was beautiful, and there was the brightest rainbow we'd ever seen. Then we walked over the bridge where tourists were bungee jumping (no thank you) to see the falls from the Zambian side, a closer view than in Zim.  It was an awe inspiring to hear the roaring power of the  water.  And then to be drenched from the spray.  It is like torrential rain everyday year round! We couldn't stop smiling. That a natural phenomenon can elicit such pleasure is amazing. 

We were able to speak in siSwati because it is so similar to one of the local languages, Ndebele. We traded some shirts for a bracelet and a 5 billion Zimbabwean dollar note at the market. USD is mostly used here, along with Rand and other neighboring country currencies. We used dimes and quarters to buy stamps, and that was just weird.

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