Our experience in Zimbabwe kinda reached the melting point for us (maybe just me, but whatever)... we arrived at our lodge, which was very nice for the exception of one thing: wasps! I'm not joking when I say there must have been hundreds of them. They are really only out in the day but that was long enough to cause my first break down of the trip. Its kinda strange when you think about it... touching a great white- totally fine, having a lion and leopard less than 10 feet from me- no biggie, BUT have a swarm of wasps surround me and I cry like a baby... tear, tear. Thank god we could escape to the falls!
For those of you who haven't been to the falls there is really no way to explain it but amazing. The speed and amount of water that is flowing over the area is insane. The spray reaches up over 100m in the air, no joke its like you are taking a shower just standing nearby. We took a nice 2 hour walking tour so we could see the fall from every angle and finally hopped in a helicopter and saw the falls from above. I got a sweet picture of the falls, a rainbow, and my feet! The floor in the front of the helicopter is all glass so I could see from every direction- good thing I'm not scared of heights!
Finally, we stopped to shop a little in the open market for some local crafts. I only wish we got this on tape. The men were SOOOOO aggressive, wanting to trade for anything and everything. At one point I traded 2 highlighters, 1 pen, and a bag of peanuts I had from a Southwest flight for a stone pendant. Surprising to me was the item they asked me for most- my 50cent black elastic hair tie... Cheryl and I thought they were joking at first! What an experience!
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