Today we went to the amazing Victoria Falls. There is a free bus that runs from Jollyboys over to the falls, so we jumped on that at 10am this morning. When youâre on the main road in Livingstone heading towards the falls you can see the mist from like 3 miles away. That in itself was cool, never mind actually being at the falls.
When we arrived we paid 100Kwacha each entry then you walk into the national park. Literally outside the office were some baboons, just wandering about. It was actually pretty scary because they are so unpredictable. Some of the baboons had babies attached to their belly; this looked pretty cute but still they freaked me out.
We walked through the park and there were areas that you could see right onto the falls; the first few areas were dry, but the closer we got to the falls we started to get showered with the mist from the falls. It was cold, but the day was hot so it balanced out. As we started walking down the path towards the bridge over the falls there were people coming back from there, some of them were dripping wet; like I thought they had been in for a swim fully clothed!! Then I saw some older people coming back up with Victoria Falls raincoats on. Seriously youâre basically going there to get wet so just get on with it, you know?
I loved it! Sometimes I could look at the falls and there would be no spray, then from nowhere BOOM it was like Iâd stepped in the shower fully clothed! It was awesome and I had this waterproof camera with me so I could take photos at the same time!
We walked over the bridge over the falls, which I think must have been the wettest point. By the time I had walked further into the falls park though I was getting pretty dry though. We stopped like just at the top part of the falls and sat down on the rocks to dry off! Such an amazing view, but the whole time I was wondering how many people had fallen off. It must happen eh?!
We walked the opposite way after this to see the bungee jumping bridge. I had been thinking that I might do it, but then I thought about the girl whoâs bungee snapped on that exact jump so I panicked! Seeing the height of the bridge actually made me feel a bit sick too so probably best I didnât. Maybe one day I will face my fear and make the jump. Just wasnât meant to be this time!
When we got back to Jollyboys we just chilled out for the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. That hostel is such a diverse place there was always something going on; we even heard a girl having a job interview over a Skype call. Insane!!! She totally duffed it up though poor girl was getting all flustered! The guard on duty at the hostel got knifed! We just heard this through conversation of the staff, no one panicked though so it canât have been too bad!
There is a little hideaway chill out zone at Jollyboys, where you go up the stairs into a little comfy areas that looks into the sky. Was up there tonight and I could see all the stars! It was so pretty!