18 November 2013
So far, the 18th of November was the day with the biggest variety of activities done by the group. Manon and Gerald start at 7.00 am for a river rafting tour, which they had booked the day before. The rest of the group used the morning hours to go to the Victoria Falls Park for a beautiful walk along the Falls. Everybody was very impressed by the natural power of the water and the extraordinary landscape. We all really enjoyed that most famous place in Zimbabwe.
After 3 hours at the Falls, our group split into different smaller groups. Four people crossed the bridge over the Zambezi, so they could leave Zimbabwe and enter Zambia. The countries were formerly known as North and South Rhodesia and have a connected history under British colonial rule. The Zambia group spent a couple of hours in this country, had lunch there and discovered the border city of Livingston.
The people who have not gone to Zambia or to the rafting went back to the camp side and relaxed a bit. Afterwards the people split again. Some went for a swim in Devils Pool, which was directly at the edge of the Falls on the Zambian side. Others did a sunset cruise along the river and still others enjoyed a little walk along the Zambezi. Both groups had the chance to see hippos, springboks, monkeys and other animals.
In the evening, all the small groups met again at our backpackers to have dinner and to talk about the different experience everybody made during the day. Then, the majority of the group decided get a t-shirt specially printed with the trips route. Everyone discussed the design, the color, and the size of the shirts.
In the end, everybody went very happy to his or her tent with lots of nice memories.
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