This weekend was along weekend for us in Southern Africa, with Monday and Tuesday off for respectively Heroes Day and Defence Forces Day. Thomas and me decided to go back to Vic Falls where in two and a half years’ time, we had gone only once, and get some adrenaline rushes. We bussed (for 13h!) there but got very quickly absorbed into the backpacking-touristy vibe of things, which was a big change from how we usually live (or survive) in Zimbawbe. Two French friends (Cecile and Helene) travelled with us and we met up there with two more friends who had also come for the weekend (Charles and Kudzi). The Sunday we went on the gorge slide,where (and I quote the adventure agent) we were “traveling at a speed of 106 km’s, hurtling 425m across the gorge, while suspended 120m above the breathtaking beauty of the Zambezi River below”. Quite the adventure, and I was trying to film it ;-).
The Monday we went on our real reason for being in Vic falls: the white water rafting. A must-do as we were told. And it was impressive, though by far not as scary as we’d thought. Seems currently the water level is still too high, because rain season lasted late, and the Zambezi is still pretty full (it’s supposed to be another 30m less end of September). Currently we could only do from 11 to n°23 of the rapids, with delicious names like ‘The Terminator’, the ‘Washing Machine’, or the ‘Three Ugly Sisters followed by the Mother’. Less water means more rapids and more fun. So we might do it again end of September, to get the full experience of the rapids.
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