Took the chance to
sleep in, and arranged a transfer to Victoria Falls at 2pm. Kasane
is close to the borders of Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and the town
of Vic Falls is only 1.5 hrs away by car, so nice and easy.
Got dropped at
shoestrings backpackers, a total hippy-rastaville. A little bar and
restaurant outside facing lawns filled with little arts and crafts
and painted signs, a menagerie of dogs and cats (even a pug!), Bob
Marley pumping out and lots of guys with dreads! Had a couple of
beers, played some cards, and headed out to dinner. Decided to try
some local fare rather than the western food we'd been getting
everywhere else. Had a huge plate of 'pap' – bland corn mealy
stuff that accompanies everything and anything, with some tasty beef
stew, all for ~$2! It was delicious, but I unfortunately don't like
to think about it, as I got horribly sick that night and have blamed
it on this! (It doesn't make much sense as we all ate the same
thing, but anyway...)
Wilder and Jane hung
around the next day while I lay in bed in misery, and I made Jane go
and buy me several bottles of soda water as it was all I could
stomach! I felt bad missing the day, but couldn't do a thing. Falls
must wait!
Next day thankfully
managed to pull myself out of bed. We all said bye to Wilder who was
heading back to work, and Jane and I went for a walk to the Falls.
It was very beautiful, although not nearly as many viewpoints as in
Iguazu, and so much mist around it was hard to see much! Got sopping
wet walking around, but it was quite pleasant in the hot weather, and
all in all a really nice day, though we both agreed in terms of
falls, Iguazu is much more spectacular!
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| Drenched from the smoke that thunders! |
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| Bailey the pug. this one's for Josh |
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