Livingstone
We arrived in Livingstone yesterday after a 5 1/2 hr. bus ride. The amazing thing about this trip is that it actually took a shorter amount of time to get here than they told us it would. That's definitely a first! A good first! 
After arriving we checked in to our hostel....and it is definitely the nicest place we've stayed! It has a beautiful pool, comfortable beds, clean bathrooms and even a kitchen so we can do some cooking (something I actually miss doing).
Here's our great Banda! Complete with bugnet and fan!
After arriving we checked in to our hostel....and it is definitely the nicest place we've stayed! It has a beautiful pool, comfortable beds, clean bathrooms and even a kitchen so we can do some cooking (something I actually miss doing).
Here's our great Banda! Complete with bugnet and fan!Today we hit the whitewater! Although we still haven't really seen the falls, we travelled with a rafting group into Batoka Gorge for some fun in the rapids. The gorge was beautiful with huge cliffs and many trees lining the river. But, even better than that was the fun we had rafting. We've never been before and we weren't disappointed.
The Zambezi River is one of the only class 5 rivers in the world and one of the few that is commercially rafted. We are here during the high water season so the first 10 rapids are actually closed because they are too dangerous. We were in a group of 6 with our rafting guide who was a lot of fun. When we weren't bursting through the huge rapids, Brian was doing back flips off the raft into the water and breaking paddles by slapping them on the water. Ok, it was only one paddle. We ended up in the water quite a few times and tried to "tube the raft" a couple of times by all sitting in the back and trying to get it to stand straight in the air. Of course we landed in the water! We did have to be a bit careful about being in the water though as there are crocodiles in the area. We didn't see any...thankfully!
The Zambezi River is one of the only class 5 rivers in the world and one of the few that is commercially rafted. We are here during the high water season so the first 10 rapids are actually closed because they are too dangerous. We were in a group of 6 with our rafting guide who was a lot of fun. When we weren't bursting through the huge rapids, Brian was doing back flips off the raft into the water and breaking paddles by slapping them on the water. Ok, it was only one paddle. We ended up in the water quite a few times and tried to "tube the raft" a couple of times by all sitting in the back and trying to get it to stand straight in the air. Of course we landed in the water! We did have to be a bit careful about being in the water though as there are crocodiles in the area. We didn't see any...thankfully!
We didn't see any crocs but we did see some people fishing!
We had a really fun day. I've had a smile on my face all day because it was so good. After a good sleep tonight we're heading to see the Falls tomorrow and have a bit of a picnic. They really shouldn't have ruined Niagara Falls the way they did. It's so much more beautiful here!
posted by Brian and Erin at 11:01 AM
2 Comments:
hey guys,
I definitly want to see pictures of whitewater rafting!!! i want to do that once in my lifetime!
Post 'em when you can!
miss you,
your sista
sorry Danielle...we don't have any pics of rafting. We didn't want to drown our camera or pay $45 for the pics from the company. You'll just have to experience it for yourself one day!
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