Victoria Falls

Easily one of the most beautiful natural sites I have ever seen. Sarah and I woke up before sunrise to enjoy the falls as the sun creeped out over them. It was amazing... well once we got in of course. We had to wait until just after daylight for the guards to arrive at the park and let us in. We were the only 2 in the park for quite a while, which was awesome. Check out the photos -- just amazing!

We also rented rain jackets for 2$ each, which we thought was a waste of money until we got to a ledge that literally looked like it was raining permanently.

After our visit to the park, we went back to town and found a nice place to have breakfast, scouted out town, and did a bit of shopping at a craft market. While Sarah was planning her trip to Tanzania, I met a few schoolgirls and they took me to their school and showed me around. It was so awesome... just making friends with some seventh graders and having candid conversation about Zimbabwe and America. Thanks Rotary -- for the "ambassadorial" component of this scholarship, I think that experience was one of the most classic examples of what that component is meant to be.

While we were in Victoria Falls, we also enjoyed a boat cruise on the Zambezi where we saw Elephants, Hippos, and Crocodiles! :) It was awesome. Following the boat cruise, we ate at this amazing restaurant at our hostel called In-Da-Belly ( a pun from the Ndebele tribe in that part of Zimbabwe) and ate warthog, crocodile, fish from the Zambezi, and other yummy food.

Throughout our adventures in Zimbabwe, Sarah and I called it "the magical land where dreams come true"... mostly because every time we wanted something (a hostel, a drink when we got to Bulawayo, lunch at the bus station, to try warthog... literally everything), it was made possible in just a few minutes... by the magic of Zimbabwe :) Also, Zimbabwe had one of the most beautiful night skies and some of the most friendly people I have ever encountered! Amazing!