Today we decided we would go and explore the city. Patience had told us that you could get a crossing pass into Zambia to walk over the bridge and see another view point of the falls, bungy jump or just have a beer on the other side. We opted for the view and and beer. We took the hotel shuttle to the boarder and Patience helped us obtain our walking pass. It was very hot so we only stopped for a few minutes to watch someone get strapped into the bungy ropes and then continued to the other side.
Joyce wanted to keep her pass because we didn't have to get a stamp in our passports. That didn't work out, but what we didn't realize was that in a few days we would be actually going into Zambia to fly out of Livingstone so we all received stamps in our passports and our wallets were a little lighter as we had to pay $50 US each just to get to the airport!
The falls were just as beautiful from the Zambia side.
From there we made it to the grocery store to purchase some snacks, beer and wine as we had asked for a mini fridge for our room. Then we hit the pool and the shade. This time we all had sun screen on!
Most of the things to do in Victoria Falls were very touristy and in US dollars so the only one we did was a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River. It was nice and cool by that time as there was a breeze coming off the River. It was a great way to spend an evening, however the animal sightings were limited to a crocodile and some hippos and my sunset pictures did not turn out.
The next couple of days we relaxed by the pool as we seemed to be the only ones using it. Not a bad thing to do after an exciting 3 weeks of vacation.
Our trip home was very, very, very, long! We started with a road trip across the boarder into Zambia to fly out of Livingstone. When we originally booked the tour we were supposed to be staying in Livingstone. Prior to departure G. Adventures changed this portion of the tour to Victoria Falls. What I didn't realize was that Victoria Falls is in Zimbabwe and Livingstone is in Zambia. Our return flights were booked out of Livingstone and I didn't catch this. These two locations are only about 30km apart, however, there is a boarder in between. So two hours later we arrived at the airport to start our flights home. 42 hours later we arrived back in Kelowna. Good thing our airlines served good wine and baileys for your coffee. Note to self, book flights earlier to avoid this!
I have to say this was the best trip ever! We experienced so many amazing things and we did it with our best friends. If you ever get a chance to do this, GO! I highly recommend G Adventures, they kept us safe and provided us with wonderful memories.
Cheers until next time.
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