On our last night in Cape Town, before we were leaving for the Garden Route, we were sitting outside at the waterfront and there is this massive screen in the plaza playing assorted clips of Africa that we were watching. A clip of Victoria Falls came on and I told Arnold that when we come back to Africa one day, that we would have to head there next and I was a bit sad to not see it, but was happy with our choice to come to SA. After a couple of minutes, Arnold suggested that maybe we should see how much it would cost us to do a quick side trip up there seeing how we had 5 days here that we didn't have plans for. So we got back to the hotel and as it turned out, flights from Jo'Burg to Livingstone, Zambia were actually very cheap (less then $500 for the two of us to fly there and back - which is crazy cheap by Africa standards, because nothing is cheap here). So the next morning I called SA Airlines to see how much it would cost to move up our Cape Town to Jo'Burg flight and it was very, very little so we did it and then booked our
flight to Livingstone right after - and just like that, we are going to see Victoria Falls. We leave first thing tomorrow morning and are spending the next 5 days in Zimbabwe/Zambia. The falls is right between Zambia and Zimbabwe, but the hotel that we want to stay at is actually on the Zimbabwe side so we will probably be going between the two countries for the next couple of days. Arnold wants to do the white water rafting - and well I am completely terrified of water/rafting, but I told him I would do it with him - I'm crazy, I know. And hopefully (fingers crossed) if the water isn't too crazy we are going to take a visit to Devil's Pond, but it all depends on the water. We might be in the wrong season for it. Anyways, I can NOT wait to see the falls and get back into "Africa". We both miss the craziness of Africa, things being TIA and never right and just the general buzz that we had in Tanzania. South Africa has been a great trip and the perfect getaway for us, but we are ready to get back into the thick of things. Sorry for the delay in getting all these blog posts up, but I haven't really had a lot of time to sit down and write. We hope that everyone is doing well and we hope you guys are enjoying reading the blog. Next time you hear from us, it will either be from Zambia or Zimbabwe ... and hopefully I survive rafting if we go - aaah .
(lots of posts today so keep scrolling toget caught up)
Much Love,
Melissa and Arnold
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