March 7, 2011

Victoria Falls Part 1

**WARNING: this post has a LOT of pictures, but could have had a lot more :)



So Victoria Falls is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It is very wide and falls into a river that flows into a gorge. So the falls and this gorge form a T.

The falls are kind of divided by the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. We went to both, both were a bit different but both utterly beautiful. This is Zimbabwe.



Our first view of the falls.


Good view of the "guard rail" and the mist.


This is a statue of David Livingston. He was said to be the first white person to discover the falls and name them. On the Zambia side there is a large city not far from the border named after him....Livingston. Kind of cool to read the story...can't really remember it.


Some of the view points were just gorgeously framed by some of the jungle like trees....the amount of moisture from the falls causes jungle like vegetation.


Jer taking a breather hanging on a vine on the path. With the mist from the falls it is like jungle vegetation.

Love the rainbows

I wish you could hear it...soo loud....sooo amazing

Jeremy being Jeremy.....kind of fun tho.

hehe...fun

Look at that mist....so much some times that we couldn't use our camera. This is only the beginning of the rainy season, so there isn't as much water as there would be in April.

Yup crazy people fishing where the falls come down.

95 meters, but the highest point that we saw was 117 meters I think...can't remember but have a picture some where :)


That wood there is the "guard rail".


The mist

Soo loud.....soo pretty.

Notice the guard rail there......lol

Jer never thought that I would go this close to the edge, he had to take a picture. If he hadn't taken a picture not sure I would have believed him. I just couldn't help my self. I have a huge fear of heights. It was just sooo beautiful and wonderful and God is sooo amazing that I just completely got fascinated that I just completely forgot about the fear. It was awesome.

The mist. The sound. Beautiful.
Thank you Lord.

1 comment:

Jen Wilson said...

I want to go to there.