Bungee Day!!! Yay we survived...
The day started with a monsterous hangover for the majority of the group... Who could think of a better way to start the day than throwing ourselves 111m off a bridge overlooking the beautiful Victoria Falls?
We arrived at the Victoria Bridge leaving Zambia and crossing over into Zimbabwe feeling apprehensive but excited. The Bungee combo enabled us to Zipwire across the river, gorge swing and bungee. The Zipwire was the placid introduction to the day, which proved to the scenic option. The bungee was amazing yet terrifying, throwing yourself 111m head first off a bridge seems so unnatural. We experienced roughly 4 seconds of free fall until the bungee rope throws you back up into the air. It's at that point that you realise you are still alive. the majority of our group and our tour leaders bungeed which gave us the courage to see it through. Some were braver than others choosing waist harenesses instead of the conventional foot ties... leaving themselves free to throw themselves off the bridge in any shape or form.
Our crazy South African tour guide Vernon
Although we were able to swing in tandem the gorge swing was equally as terrifying. Unlike the bungee we had to step off the platform feet first overlooking the ground below. This literally felt like we were plummeting to our deaths. After the free fall we swung back and forth surrounded by the most beautiful complete rainbow beneath us.. this was truely amazing!
After the excitement of the bungee it was time to soak up the beautiful views of the falls. We were advised to wear Ponchos due to the spray off the falls but seeing as it was a particularly hot and sunny day we thought we would chance it. Needless to say as we walked around the falls we all got drenched. In particular we walked across a bridge overlooking the falls themselves and if we had brought our shampoos and shower gels we could have had the most perfect scenic showers.
This is a very clear photo of the falls
The following day we hoped for a slightly more relaxing day. However, we woke up to our tents being surrounded by huge puddles of water. The rainfall over night caused us all to rise early and remove our tents from the lakes surrounding them and seek higher ground. After we had dried off we took a walk around Livingstone itself stopping at the curios markets, playing the local Baobab game and talking to the locals. This was a particularly enjoyable day as we saw a different side to Livingstone.. away from the tourist resorts and our tour guides.
After Livingstone it was time to move on to our next country... Botswana!!!!!
More posts to follow....
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