Zambia

On Thursday we flew out of the freezing weather in Jo'burg to beautiful Zambia. As soon as we arrived in Zambia and got off the airplane we started singing African songs and were so happy!!! Just a short while later we got to the hostel, Jollyboys, and found our swim suits to lay by the pool and relax for my birthday. We just met some cool people and hung out by the pool all day and enjoyed the beauty of everything.

The next morning we went to go see Victoria Falls!!! It was absolutely breathtaking. It was a huge waterfall as far as you could see. We would just keep walking and it wouldn't stop. We never stopped saying how beautiful it was. Just the sound it made was amazing...it was roaring thunder you we could hardly hear each other speak. We also got soaking wet, so I got as many pictures as possible without ruining my camera!

Victoria Falls

the thunder that roars

Then we made our way over to Zimbabwe to jump off a 111m bridge into the gorge!!! We decided to be crazy (not surprising) and bungee off the 3rd highest bridge to bungee in the world. It was a tad bit scary, they just wrapped some towels around your ankles and a couple straps then you jumped off head first! Jackie and I went tandem, which was a good thing. It was really cool to have the experience together. Plus, I basically just pulled her with me when we jumped. Then when we were just hanging there upside down we were screaming and laughing together about how crazy that was! The jump was so insane that Jackie burst a blood vessel in her eyelid! haha...that's only the beginning of our injuries.....

our brand marks

preparing to jump

That night we decided to have a fire and cook some food with a couple people we met at Jollyboys. We taught everyone how to make hobo packs over the fire, best meal ever! Everyone was impressed and will take the ideas back to their countries. While making hobo packs I went to flip the packs over and burned my fingers.

The next morning (yesterday) we went white water rafting on the Zambezi! Jackie and I were both pretty freaked out because we were expecting the insanity of the Nile. However, the rafting wasn't near as crazy and intense as the Nile...thank goodness! It was a lovely river cutting through the gorge between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The bad part was hiking down the gorge to enter the river. I don't know how far the hike actually was, it felt like 10 miles. It was straight down and we were carrying our life jackets, paddles, and helmet...we probably should have been wearing our helmets. There was a "ladder" made out of sticks nailed together. Not surprisingly, the sticks broke a lot and we all ended up falling and/or tripping. Also, we didn't know there was going to be all of this intense hiking so we did not have shoes. Jackie and were barefoot! I would say the hike was equivalent to doing an hours worth of lunges nonstop. Jackie basically fell out of bed this morning because her legs are so sore. We have spent all morning discovering new bruises, cuts, and sore muscles. We look and feel like we just got beat with a stick.

Last night we went on a sunset cruise on the Zambezi. It was also gorgeous! It was about 3 hours and we saw one of the most beautiful sunsets (all sunsets in Africa are beautiful), along with hippo in the water, snakes, crocs, and buffalo. There were drinks and dinner served on the boat as well.

booze cruise on the Zambezi

Again, we are having a fabulous time! Can't believe everything we have already done and seen in just one week! Today we are going to relax by the pool and rest our bodies...they are screaming at us today. Then tomorrow we are taking buses all day to go to Malawi. We will be staying on Lake Malawi. It wasn't in our original plans, but everyone keeps saying how amazing it is and that we have to go...so we are!

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