Victoria Falls

Travelling the high life has many dangers.

But you can learn a lot while skirting the perils.

For example, I managed to teach my self that combining malaria medicine poisoning with Gin & Tonic poisoning is a good way to have a great way to get an hour or two deep sleep, but its not a satisfactory longer term union.

This morning was a struggle, but, the thought of missing out on visiting the Victoria Falls spurred me on.

So off we went.  After a short walk in the Vic Falls area we came around a bend in the path.  Was I still seeing double or were we being greeted by a huge double rainbow:



Thankfully, the latter.

Time for a selfie just to prove its real.



I have mentioned in earlier postings that the rainfall during this year's "rainy season" was much less than normally received, and this has had an effect on the scope of Victoria Falls.

Looking away from where the water was cascading, we get to see the the land formation that makes up Victoria Falls:



Without the water cascading over the edge, you actually get a better view of the falls.

It's not like we missed out - Victoria Falls is so large, there was plenty of water flow.



Some of my regular readers might recall that Ruth and I visited Iguazu Falls in 2016.  According to Dr Google, Victoria's annual peak flow is 9.1 million litres per second, versus Iguazu's 6.5.

Here's the link to my Iguazu Falls short video: https://youtu.be/SkHPBEdTD-o

You don't find elephants coming to enjoy the falls at Iguazu like you do at Victoria:



What about these thrill seekers who thought it would be fun to bathe at the top of the falls:



Here's another view:



I wouldn't be capturing the whole experience for you without providing shots from the helicopter ride.

This first photo shows the scope of the falls as the Zambezi river gets to the crevice, and then how the water gorge snakes onwards thereafter.



Another aerial shot, looking upstream up the Zambezi.  Here you can see the local golf course upper left - unfortunately Ruth and I couldn't make time for a round.



The Old Drift Lodge, where we were staying, is about 3 or 4 kilometers up stream from the falls.

Here's a pic of the Victoria Falls Bridge connecting Zambia with Zimnbabwe.  The bridge was built as instructed by Cecil Rhodes, but the principal designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Ralph Freeman, was the guy who did the stress calculations for this bridge first.



A quick blog is a good blog.

I bet you're missing animal photos... maybe we'll get back to that on the next blog.  Who knows?

Comments

  1. Rob HAugust 31, 2019 at 12:59 AM

    Great stuff Julian. But such a shame you couldn't tell us if that golf course was worth visiting :) .. rob H

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  2. UnknownSeptember 1, 2019 at 10:32 PM

    Good to see that you are going strong with plenty to relate about your adventure.

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