Victoria Falls

We stayed on the Zimbabwe side of Victoria Falls, and I must say that it is one messed up country. Their currency isn't worth the paper it is printed on, but the locals are sure to sell you some as souvenirs. They charge a pretty penny for their worthless money, but we were able to get a 100 trillion dollar bill. They except US dollars and South African rands, but their concept of the value of the dollar isn't quite right. One restaurant was serving an 'Elephant Turd T-Bone' for $20. I am not sure what it was, but I am pretty sure that I wouldn't pay $20 for it!

Here is a statue of David Livingstone who discovered the falls. There is a Livingstone Hotel on the Zambia side of the falls which is very nice (and expensive.)
Here is the 'Devil's Cataract' of the falls. Huge rapids, huge drop.

Devi's Cataract looking all the way down.

There are 73 slimy, wet steps down towards the bottom view point of the falls.

Here is a side view of the main falls--water coming down the left side, viewing from the right side.
It was very rainy and misty at the falls. I was soaked clear through even with my rain coat on. I do suggest renting a full slicker that the venders have out front.

The falls are about 93 meters from top to bottom.

Here is a view of the gorge past the falls.

Here is the bridge over the gorge just past the falls. It connects Zimbabwe to Zambia. For $20 we walked across to Zambia--it is a lot different than Zimbabwe. People were bungee jumping off the bridge and locals were selling copper bracelets. If you didn't want to buy anything, most locals (in Zim and Zam) wanted to trade their goods for your tennis shoes, clothes or hats. I probably could have brought home 5 soap dishes, 10 wooden elephants, and 500 trillion dollars in exchange for my shoes and clothes.