My Weekend!!

So after returning from the internet café, we came home and made some delicious pizza and just hung around. We were all getting ready to go to Livingstone, south of Zambia and home of the Victoria Falls. After a 6 hr bus ride on Saturday, we finally got to our lovely hostel called ‘JollyBoys’ and got ready to see the largest falls in the world.

They were BEAUTIFUL. It was really wet and slippery when walking on the rocks but such an amazing experience. These falls are also, informally, the 8^th wonder of the world.  And now I understand why. We were fortunate to watch them while the sun was setting and Jason took us to the very top of the falls where the Zambezi river flows. We celebrated Julie’s (a classmate) birthday up there too! And on our way back we were able to see stars that are only visible if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere. I have never seen stars so bright either. On our way home in the cab, the cab driver stopped the car abruptly to point out some elephants ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!! There were about 3 of them standing together. It was wild. We had supper by the campfire that night and it was just a really nice night.

Sunday morning we got ready for 8:30 am to go horseback riding in the forest where all the animals live. We mounted the horses and it took me some time to control mine. He was a little crazy lol. But it was soooooo beautiful. We entered the forest and 30 seconds in we saw some zebras about 5 meters away from us. They were beautiful! We continued on our journey, crossed the street, saw some really cool trees that have cool facts associated to them, and rode along the water as well. We unfortunately did not see any elephants this time because they cross the river to Zimbabwe during the day. After horseback riding, we spotted a giraffe near the stables! We went closer to it and then the man who looks after their safety took us in to see some more. We were literally 3 steps away from zebras and giraffes. And one was pregnant! I think  giraffes are my fav animal now.

That afternoon me and some girls signed up for a ‘walking safari’. So pretty much you walk in the forest where all the animals are with a guide (who carries an  AK47). THIS was probably the coolest experience. We saw zebras, giraffes, a huge spider, termite castles, buffalo (which almost chased us. I was terrified), a cool lizard, baboons (rafiki), warthogs (pumba), and zazu from the lion king !! It was so, so beautiful. It was probably my favourite day ever. I had seen and done so much.