On Friday, I took a trip to the city of Livingstone with a group of girls and Kathy Merritt to pick up some more travellers from the airport. Livingstone (named after the African explorer David Livingstone) is a thriving tourist town, thanks to the political turmoil across the border in Zimbabwe. We first hit up the trader's market, called Makuni Village, to shop for curios. Each trader has his own stall with the crafts he has made, and they allow (and expect) you to bargain the price with them. When I took my camera out to take a picture of the market, the traders all wanted to get their picture made (they called it a "gotcha"). After picking up the girls at the airport, we went to see Victoria Falls, one of the seven wonders of the world and the waterfall with the largest amount of volume in the world. Just the mist coming up from the falls soaks you as you follow the trail in front of it. As we walked in, we were welcomed by several baboons along the pathway. As my friend Josh can attest, while these creatures may look cute, given the chance they will not hesitate to chase you or snatch things out of your hands, so I was a little leary while taking these pictures!
3 comments:
Greggy, glad you are having fun; this waterfall looks more funner (I know that is bad grammar but...) than BST but maybe its because there are no "HILLLLLLS" to this one!!! Mirm called me today from the top of Barrias Peak well 1/2 a mile totally out of breath!!!
Sara, I keep trying to leave you a message and it doesn't show up. I love watching everything that you are doing. I am going to e-mail you. Keep up the good work.
Wow! You will have amazing stories to tell your children and grandchildren.
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