VICTORIA FALLS

To start with the end, here are the four of us AFTER we've visited the Falls! Ponchos are as wet inside as they are outside. Water was going up, down and sideways and walking along the bank was akin to walking through a tropical storm. Cameras were in plastic bags and still got wet - we had to find a shot, whip out the camera, take the shot and put it back in the bag within 10 seconds. But it was all worth it.
The status is, of course, Dr. Livingstone who discovered the Falls in 1855 and named them after his Queen.




Our pilot took us right over and around the falls so when we actually got to them, we had already taken some spectacular photos. This one shows how the Zambezi swells to one mile wide, as it approaches the falls. You can see the narrow gap the water is forced through, under a bridge and into a zigzag canyon.




Here's a close-up of the narrow chasm that the water has to go through. On average they say about 550,000 cubic feet of water goes over the falls every MINUTE. The spray has reached 1,500' high and can be seen for miles.






Here's another shot of the entire Falls from a slightly different angle. The Zimbabweans call the Falls: Mosi Oa Tunya - The Smoke That Thunders. Very aptly named.






I'm really glad we got those great shots from the plane because it was so wet when we were walking along in front of the Falls that photos were hard to get and most had spots on our lenses. This is one side of the falls where the water is just swollen up in its fight to get over the falls.