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Livingstone town is the home of the mighty Victoria Falls... and this is our destination that Molly and I embarked on this trip that morning. A 'short' drive of one thousand odd kilometers that started with a 'drama' in another town on the other side of Zambia. Why this trip?


use of the allure of the Victoria Falls. Locally it's known as Mosi-Oa-Tunya Cheap Nike Air VaporMax Plus Men's White Green , literally translates to "the smoke that thunders!" But then that is the end of this story. First things first! We were happy to arrive by car. This meant a stretch of our crumpled limps and a good night's rest.


Fairmount Hotel, one of Zambia's earliest establishments is just on the throughway as you enter Livingstone. We didn't need any persuasion so I slowed down and took the right turn into the hotel's parking lot near the reception. Fairmount Hotel was where we spent a night.


The following morning after a good night sleep and a hearty good breakfast we were ready to leave. It was the day and the time to meet with our destiny. We had planned this back home, on the other side of this amazing country. So we drove a couple of kilometers and we were in Livingstone central business district.


As we drove past I pointed out to Molly the country's oldest and major museum in Zambia. It stands on the town's main throughway but on the right. The Livingstone Museum has an interesting history but that is another story!


We continue driving past the town's central business district, and the main buildings a! There it is... southern Africa's house of adventure. This is the Adventure Centre on the right side of the road just outside the town. The building's choice of colours is rather unique and makes it stand out. Pinks Cheap Nike Air VaporMax Plus Smokey Mauve Men's Bordeaux Black , whites and the writing too!


The Adventure Centre houses various adventure companies... companies that provide various safari adventures of your lifetime. Just think of the;


? bungi jump, a 111 metre free fall off the Victoria Falls Bridge (the highest in the world),
? Abseiling the Batoka Gorge (122m deep),
? Micro light flights over the awe-inspiring Victoria Falls and the gorge Cheap Nike Air VaporMax Plus String Men's Black Brown ,
? White-water rafting over the 23 raging rapids down the Zambezi River (considered world's best white water rafting),
? River boarding and surfing,
? Exquisite sunsets and stargazing on the boat the African Queen above the Zambezi River, etc.




Driving on I made a mental note about our next adventure... but that will be yet another story. Eight kilometers out of town and still driving southwards Cheap Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Utility Men's Racer Blue Blue , just where there is a right curve in the road what do we see! A not too observant driver could easily miss it. Rising to the treetops is the latest luxury at Victoria Falls. A 'combo' of two brand new hotels, the Sun International's own resorts. One is the Zambezi Sun, a three star hotel and the other the Royal Livingstone, a five star luxury. These two hotels share the same entrance off the Livingstone-Victoria Falls Bridge road.


The Zambezi Sun is the closest hotel to the Victoria Falls Cheap Nike VaporMax Moc Flyknit Triple Black Women's , only minutes away! The Royal Livingstone's special theme design on the banks of the Zambezi enables all rooms to overlook the falls. But the luxury at this hotel is a must visit you cannot afford to miss. An experience for a lifetime...!


Our destination is further. So we continue past the entrance. After a short drive we take another of the many right turns. Have you noticed it? Right turns all the time! This last right turn takes us into the Victoria Falls visitor's car park. I park the car and we get out. As we leave the car... right in front of us, across the car parking lot, is the artisans' showpiece paradise. It is called the Victoria Falls Craft Shop.


Victoria Falls Craft Village
Here you meet face to face with all manner of visual arts and crafts as well as performing arts. Someone was busy beating the African xylophone and another a talking drum.


This is the best place for a wide range of crafts and curios. There are intricate animal woodcarvings, sculpture in stone Cheap Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit KPU Red Black Men's , and all sorts of creations in beautiful green malachite. I contemplated picking an African mask with a unique and unusual design, really African concept.


On the other side were drums, marimbas, spoons Cheap Nike Air VaporMax Plus Men's Blue White , walking sticks, jewelry and much more. The venders were displaying all sorts of wares of all incredible size, shape and of course African beauty. All of these were for sale. The venders eager to 'force' a sale might make you feel 'mobbed', you know. Those who enjoy negotiating for bounty will have their field day here.


The Victoria Falls
The excitement is mounting Nike Air VaporMax Plus Blue Men's Sale , the impatience is rising! You know, the pressure builds up when you're about to get your goal. Can you imagine the feeling? You sure can!


"Finally we're here" I whispered to my lovely wife Molly. We had arrived at the Victoria Falls. First I wanted to capture the essence, you know visualize it in my mind's eye. As I got more excited I remembered this...


The Falls are a spectacular 1,708 metre span with 1 Cheap Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Betrue 2017 Blue Shoes Sale ,200 metres of it in Zambia. The top where the greatest curtain of water starts to plunge is 111 meters (300 feet) high. During the height of the floods (March to May) the Victoria Falls has the largest sheet of falling water in the world with over 545 million cubic metres a minute (9 million liters sec) cascading over the rocky cliffs. The sound is exhilarating, the sight is astounding and the experience is breathtakingly spectacular in the extreme. The mist is seen 30 kilometres away. No wonder the great Dr David Livingstone wrote," scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight"