#7 Journey Through Africa: The Massive Adrenaline Rush
Wow! What more can I say. Since my last time on the internet – a mere 2 days ago I got to: get semi-drunk on a booze cruise down the Mighty Zambezi River while watching hippos bob up and down in the water and elephants and giraffes parade along the shore; raft down the hardest commercially raftable river in the world (rated Grade 5); be thrown out of the raft three times – each time thinking that I would never be able to get another breath of air in my life, especially after being pelted in the head by the flipped raft a number of times; jump out of an airplane at 8000 feet and attempt to scream as the grown came rushing at me; and finally go to see this natural wonder of the world – Victoria Falls. Tomorrow morning I still have one more flight left – in a little micro-light airplane (sort of like a hang-glider with an engine).
Is there anything more that I can say? These events are truly indescribable and no words will do them justice. You just can’t even come close to creating a visual image of a 5 meter high wave coming crashing right at you and the absolute knowledge that you will not be able to make it out of it without ending up somewhere under water. There is also nothing that will describe the feeling of flying through the air with gravity pulling you down and nothing holding you up. Both of these events will however, be documented by DVD footage. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take my camera on either one of these, but I think the live video footage will do it justice – especially when you see the contortions that my face makes as I jump out of the airplane.
Oh… and Vic Falls was essentially a $10 shower and laundry service. I just wish that I had packed some soap and shampoo with me. I’ve been to many waterfalls in my life and know as well as expect to be soaked by the mist that comes off them. The same holds true for Niagara as well as Iguazu Falls. Yet although I was prepared for this – with my camera safely in a zip-lock bag – I did not expect Vic Falls. The waterfall is stunning – maybe not as huge as Iguazu Falls, but equally impressive, in a completely different way. However the mist that came off of it was simply incomprehensible. Imagine yourself walking through one of Vancouver’s worst torrential downpours and you might have a perception of what we were walking through. It was raining from the top, from the side and from underneath. We were completely drenched within seconds. I was wringing my dress out afterwards. Even my little good-luck teddy that’s attached to my camera bag got a complete bath – soaked through and through. So yesterday I showered in the Zambezi River and today I got showered by Victoria Falls… that means I’m all set for another week or so.
Other than that... not much going on. We head back to Zimbabwe tomorrow and I have no idea when I’ll be able to write again. Will do my best. I will however, post some more pictures so scan through them if you so desire.
Is there anything more that I can say? These events are truly indescribable and no words will do them justice. You just can’t even come close to creating a visual image of a 5 meter high wave coming crashing right at you and the absolute knowledge that you will not be able to make it out of it without ending up somewhere under water. There is also nothing that will describe the feeling of flying through the air with gravity pulling you down and nothing holding you up. Both of these events will however, be documented by DVD footage. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take my camera on either one of these, but I think the live video footage will do it justice – especially when you see the contortions that my face makes as I jump out of the airplane.
Oh… and Vic Falls was essentially a $10 shower and laundry service. I just wish that I had packed some soap and shampoo with me. I’ve been to many waterfalls in my life and know as well as expect to be soaked by the mist that comes off them. The same holds true for Niagara as well as Iguazu Falls. Yet although I was prepared for this – with my camera safely in a zip-lock bag – I did not expect Vic Falls. The waterfall is stunning – maybe not as huge as Iguazu Falls, but equally impressive, in a completely different way. However the mist that came off of it was simply incomprehensible. Imagine yourself walking through one of Vancouver’s worst torrential downpours and you might have a perception of what we were walking through. It was raining from the top, from the side and from underneath. We were completely drenched within seconds. I was wringing my dress out afterwards. Even my little good-luck teddy that’s attached to my camera bag got a complete bath – soaked through and through. So yesterday I showered in the Zambezi River and today I got showered by Victoria Falls… that means I’m all set for another week or so.
Other than that... not much going on. We head back to Zimbabwe tomorrow and I have no idea when I’ll be able to write again. Will do my best. I will however, post some more pictures so scan through them if you so desire.
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