Mary reported that although they got the mouse out of her tent yesterday, she saw another one run across her bed this morning! After one last good by to the staff and a short game drive we started our journey to Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls. Mr. Fish was very excited to see two brown hyena jump across the road in front of us. He hadn’t seen them in anout 10 years! The early morning brought out warthogs, Impala (of course), baboons, mongoose, and elephants.
We said goodbye to Mr. Fish when he dropped us off in town to catch a bus to the border. We went through customs to exit and changed buses again and went 200 yds to Zimbabwe visa control, stood in line for an hour to pay for our visa and get our passports stamped, then got back on the bus for the drive to Victoria Falls. We were greeted warmly at the Victoria Falls Hotel, found places for lunch, then Katy & Lanny, Mary & Jack and John & I took a helicopter ride to view the falls from above!
Wow! What a ride and view. The falls are one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the world. Back at the hotel the others are refreshed and ready to walk down the hill to the entrance to the Victoria Falls National Park. Along the path is an elephant that we don’t want to encounter so we detour around him. Once at the entrance we find that we have to pay $30 fee (again) and so Jack, John and I turn around since we’ve seen the falls already. Its time for that good long hot shower!!
After a nice cocktail hour on the verranda we are taken to an African dinner and show. We ate mostly game meats and African staples while watching and participating in drumming and dancing. Its been a long day.
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