Victoria Falls

I arrived in Vic Falls around 12:30pm.  Took forever to get through customs and security but finally got to the exit and saw my name on a cardboard sign.  Hooray!  After waiting for everyone else they were picking up, I got dropped off at my hostel:  Shoestring Backpackers Hostel.  Spent a day vegging out and socializing with my new roommate John.  John is from New Zealand and backpacks across the world half the year and works in agriculture half the year.  He has been to lots and lots of places.  We were up until 3am sharing stories and talking every subject under the sun. He gave me a good heads up on the market and prices at the hostel café and directions to the falls.  Its always great to meet like minded people on your first day in a new town.  Especially after hiding out from a café employee who doesn't seem to understand the word no.

I slept until after noon the next morning and after chugging down a diet coke, I grabbed my camera and headed to the falls.  Entrance into Victoria Falls National Park is $30.  There is no readmittance and its only good for your one trip.  But it is fairly well maintained and there is good educational information available.  The falls themselves are viewable from 16 different points along a 1.7 kilometer walk.  If you hit it during the right time of day you get rainbows :)

Although I knew it was a National Park I just figured that was to give the falls federal protection...what I didn't expect was wildlife.

 Apparently baboons are the racoons of Africa.  I watched this one knock over the trash can than scavage through it looking for food. He got away with something that resembled a juice box.