This is Amazing

Yesterday (Thursday) we flew from Johannesburg to Livingstone, Zambia.  Our passports now have their first visas.  It was over 100 degrees when we landed!We reached the Thorntree Lodge which sits on the Zambezi River.  The view is wonderful looking across to Zimbabwe.  Our cottage has it's it's own view of the river from the deck and through the full glass front.  As we walked to our cottage, there were a pair of warthoggs and a familly of bushbucks grazing beside the walkway.  We could see a hippo in the river.  It just popped up, flicked its ears and then submerged again.  Quite a sight from our private pool.

Our al fresco dinner was delicious.  The predinner entertainment was watching a heerd of elephants on the Zimbabwe side of the river.  The evening was made even more enjoyable listening to to the hippo's melodic grunts in the dark.

After breakfast we left to go see the Zambia side of Victoria Falls.  As we left the lodge, we we saw a pair of bull elephants roaming in the bush.  They were huge and their ivory was impressive.  On our ride to the falls we saw zebras and baboons.   OUr walk to the falls was about a mile.  The water levels were low but it was till impressive.  Our next stop was the David Livingstone Museum.  It was interesting but the lack of AC made it difficult to concentrate.  The final cultural event of the  trip to the market.  Lots of people, color, stands and everyone is enticing you to buy their goods.  All purchases require haggling.  Of course, I got fabric and Paul made a purchase to decorate our house and remind us of our trip.

We returned to the lodge for a wonderful lunch and a short break before heading out to  walk in the bush to view some rhinos.  The next installment will be wifi dependent but assured that we will be doing something exciting.

View from our deck

Fish eagle

 Distant elephants

 Lots of birds

 Bushbuck

Waiting for a meal