Victoria Falls

After spending the night at a Wild Dog Sanctuary, our tour made its way to Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. We spent four nights there, mainly relaxing and enjoying the presence of the falls.  Surprisingly, we couldn’t really see much of the falls due to the mist but we did manage to take a few quality shots.  We had a lovely dinner at the historical Victoria Falls Hotel.  I had my first “High Tea” with some of the ladies in our group there as well.  Chad and I also had a chance encounter with a cobra at the falls!  I’ll add that the cobra was NOT happy to see us as once we saw its erect head, we started running :-D

Danger Point

After dinner at the Victoria Falls Hotel

Lake Malawi

 

“Lake” Malawi is the third largest lake in the world and splits Malawi and Mozambique.  The waves and current has been stronger here than last week in Zanzibar.  The constant waves gave me the idea that I could surf…I was wrong.

Xi had fun documenting my failure, complete with a great video of me paddling to nowhere.  For the most part we have spent the last two days enjoying the lake.  Yesterday we spit roasted a pig and had a fantastic dinner, except for Xi who didn’t eat it in protest because she saw the little guy alive that morning.  As we are writing this a herd of cows are passing by on the beach. 

Malawi has some talented wood craftsmen, so we’ve picked up some beautiful bowls, utensils, and other stuff. Xi is still keeping her eye out for some furniture so that she can watch me have to carry it around Africa on my back.  Tomorrow we head to Lilongwe and mark the half-way point on our trip.

Zanzibar

Finally in Zanzibar! We stayed one night in Stone Town – their main city, and then headed up to the beach “town” of Nungwi. It’s not known for its beach and it’s mostly deserted due to low season but we’re happy to relax by the water for a few days and absorb the local culture.

 

Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater was formed after a volcanic eruption blasted the top of a mountain once higher than Mt. Kilimanjaro.  The crater is now home to many animals who take advantage of the open land and the lake in the middle.  We spent the day driving through the park in our Toyota Land Cruiser with a modified roof that allowed us to enjoy the views.