Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Elvis left the building.. and went to zambia!!

our first full day in vic falls has been absolutely incredible! the falls are beyond words. indescribable. they beauty of it all is breath taking. and can you believe that God created them and then said something is still missing! that is true love my friend.

so we started our day with breakfast which was soo tasty! then we signed up for all our activities and exchanged some money into kwacha. after that we hiked down to the boiling pot which is the very bottom of the falls. that's how we met elvis! he was our tour guide :) what a life! seeing the falls everyday! anyways we hiked down with the Utz family. we absoutely love them! heck we love everybody! it's so great how much of a family we have become. of course the ones i've been doing everything with, aka the team, as mackie would call us is me, jodi, andrew and mackie. it's absolutely perfect! 2 longhorns and 2 aggies! ha!

so our hike down was awesome. very tiring though haha! we went and just soaked in the beauty of it all from the bottom. then when we climbed back up we ran into a pack of baboons!! there were so many of them! i was a little scared i'm not going to lie! finally we passed them and then walked across the bridge at the top and got soaking wet but completely worth it!!! so great! on our way back to the zambezi sun another baboon was coming our way down the path and let me tell you it was the biggest monkey i have ever seen!! ah! when it passed each of us it looked us up and down trying to figure out if we had any food i'm sure!

after that we went on the sunset cruise which was beautiful! everybody would be proud because i ate the food without much hesitation and it was actually pretty good! the little chocolate balls for dessert were delicious! i also tried an african beer which was ok but i cant remember the name of it now.

anyways we just got back to the hotel and we're all just talking and hanging out. i love my new family. we all mesh so well! and the team is pretty incredible! its crazy how fast you can connect with people. it definitely wouldnt be the same without any of them!

this trip has been worth it! i can't believe all the things i've seen so far and its only day 1.

oh my gosh i can't believe i forgot about Lovemore! that was our waiter on the sunset cruise! what an awesome name!! we all loved him so much!


well tomorrow is jam packed with activities so i'm sure ill tell you all about them after! (if i survive!)


i love and miss everybody!

2 comments:

  1. do you realize how jealous i am that you were so close to a babboon? i would hug one and make it my pet!!!

    also, i hope you live after your activities tomorrow because that would be awfully sad...sooooo good luck and have fun :)

    -Skye

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  2. Hey, Everything sounds amazing!!! I feel like I can almost picture it the way you describe stuff!!! Glad you are having fun! I am a little nervous thinking about tomorrow :)

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