"Smoke that Thunders!"

Well there it is folks. I know it's not that impressive is it? We were told that water is normally rushing over the side of the gorge, and that the falls normally spans more than 2km in length. But since the water is so low this is all we got to see. So it didn't really leave us all that impressed.

After viewing the disappointing falls we just went to a place up stream to have lunch. As you can see, I was pretty happy!

After some meat-pies and carrots we walked around a little more. It wasn't long until I slipped on one of my banana peels and this happened.

luckily Erin was there to pull me to safety!

Now we realized that we had been told incorrect information regarding the location of the actual falls. I guess we should have guess that the roaring we were hearing obviously wasn't coming from that pseudo Victoria Falls.

not bad eh?

Well there it is. The Africans call it "Smoke that Thunders". It's a more suiting name we think. It's a little sad that some white guy shows up in 1851 and renames it.

Anyway, it truly was worthy of being on the list of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World. We were once again stunned by the beauty of creation. I really don't know what to say, other than that it's an amazing place that you should see if given the chance.

After viewing the falls from the top, we decided we'd hike down to the bottom, to what is known as "The Boiling Pot". This is the first bend in the river after the gorge, and it makes the whirlpool in Niagara look like a toilet bowl. It was quite good. We had a view of the falls, and we really got a perspective of how far the water was falling. We were also the only ones down there so that made it even better.

"The Boiling Pot"

On the hike back to the top, we encountered some babboons. There were literally 50 of them. They were everywhere! We were watching them nurse their young, carry them on their backs, playfight, and eat. We also got to see them making the next generation of babboons. That was a bit strange, since we were watching all of this from within a few feet of them. We didn't think they minded us being there, until one of the big males started screaming at us. We started to move back and then he charged! It was crazy. We thought maybe that would be the end. We started to run, up the very steep enbankment, at a much slower pace than this crazy babboon was capable of. I even picked up a rock and was ready to bash his skull! But it was all in vane since, he was only bluffing. I think he knew I could take him!

After returning to Livingstone, we cooled off from the 35c weather in the awesome pool at our hostel. All in all it was a really sweet day!