From Capetown to Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls

At 6:00 we leave for our final destination; Vicoria Falls in Zimbabwe. We arrive in Victoria Falls at 9:00 and first visit Shearwater, where they show us a video of the activities you can do in Victoria Falls. We decided to go Rafting on the Zambezi river tomorrow. The economy of Zimbabwe is very bad at the moment. You have to have Dollars to get around there. Problem is, you can’t get them here! Not when you go to a bank anyway. When you walk the streets, people come up to you, asking if you have any dollars that you want to trade for ZIM Dollars. If you go the local bank, you get 850 ZIM for one American Dollar. If you buy them on the street you get 2000 ZIM for one dollar, it’s crazy! You have to be very careful of where you trade your dollars, there are lots of people who just want to rob you. Lot’s of people want to sell you handmade things, elephants made out of wood or stone, drinks, ice creams, bananas (Lou was happy again), whatever you wanted. We walked around a bit in Victoria Falls, took a first glimpse a the Falls from the bridge where also the border pass to Zambia is situated. Back at the campsite we enjoyed a nice swim in the pool. We went eating at a very nice restaurant, where we also traded some American Dollars. We ran into some other people of the group and went to a local bar where we made some moves and had a few drinks. This is our last night with the group, tomorrow some of them are leaving already. We will be staying in a lodge at the campsite for two more nights.

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