Last Friday, Eric, Natasha and I made another painful journey on a 6 hour bus ride to Livingston, Zambia on the border of Zimbabwe to go see Victoria Falls - one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World. To put it into one word – Breathtaking! It is like Niagara Falls on steroids. On Saturday we went white water rafting down the Zambezi River which was the most extreme rafting trips I have taken. It was level 5 and the tour guide was a wild man himself so he took us through some crazy ass rapids. We almost capsized twice and Eric was thrown from the front of the raft to the back of the raft. The other nice thing about the trip is I met 3 hot Brazilian men and we went on a booze cruise together after the raft trip. On the cruise we saw plenty of Hippos and crocodiles. We all went out dancing in a local club Saturday night and I learned some new African moves. In return, I showed the locals and Brazilians some moves from a crazy white American. I think the Africans will stick to their way of dancing. On Sunday, the 3 Brazilian men and I went swimming at the top of the Falls and it was absolutely amazing. The guide had to hold us with ropes so we didn’t fall off the side and take the wildest water slide ride of our lives.
We stayed at a surprisingly nice Backpackers. It had a pool, pool tables, ping pong table, bar and many lounges to chill out in. It was the first time I was excited to take a shower in a Backpackers. I got my first warm shower with good water pressure in 2 weeks. All and all the weekend was worth the bus ride from hell. It was about 100 degrees on the bus because Zambians are use to being in very hot conditions, so no one opened their windows and there was no AC. When I asked the man next to me to crack the window he did it for all of 5 mins and then closed it. I think that wind blowing in his face is more of an inconvience than sweating his butt off. I had a man the size of Shack behind me pushing my back in the whole way and another man next to me who didn’t wear his Soft n’ Dry. Man! - bad B.O. is hard to smell for 6 hours. I guess I can add deodorant to my list of luxuries in Monze. Most people in Monze can’t afford it and I think it is part of the culture to not wear it, so it is a smell that I have to get use to for the next few weeks.
It is back to working with the kids today. We played water balloon toss with the kids for the first time this morning. They seemed to love it – especially when the water broke all over them. I will post more pictures later today. Time to play again!
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