That’s the
translation from a local language to English for Victoria Falls… Its my first
stopping point in Zimbabwe.
Ive
ridden further East and am now in Zimbabwe… again, the border formalities were
very straight forward though this was the first time Ive had to use the carne’
for my motorbike (which is fine by me since Ide be very disappointed to have
gone to all the time and trouble to get the thing and then not use it!)
Anyway,
not too much seems different to me here yet, and everything is still quite expensive.
The people seem friendly as usual though there do seem to be less people around
with white skin… The population seems to be well over 90% Africans.
My first
stopping point here is the Tourist hot-spot of Victoria Falls so I went in
expecting the usual intensity of a tourist resort and was not disappointed J I would have liked to go for a short trip over to
the Zambian side of the falls to the town of Livingston to compare but
unfortunately ever since the Prime Minister of Canada said some less than
flattering things about the President of Zimbabwe, there has been a heavy visa
fee for Canadians in Zimbabwe… And I just don’t feel like throwing away $75 for
a quick visit across the border… Oh well Ill just view the falls from the one
side…
… And
therein we have a minor issue. That is because its high water season here at
the moment. And in high water season there is just so much water going over the
falls that a pretty much impenetrable wall of spray and mist masks most of the
falls from view… Unperturbed, I went to have a look… yep Its true…. After a
thorough drenching and a walk of the full1Km of falls frontage I didn’t really
see that much… But it was well worth doing anyway J
