Victoria Falls Stories


Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and horrible flying experiences

So, for some reason when I scheduled my tour I thought it would be a really good idea to get to Windhoek, the departure point, as early as possible the day before the tour left. I thought it would give me time to see Windhoek or something. Unfortunately, I once again forgot to factor in the fact that this meant I would have to leave the airport as early...


Run for the border.

I can hardly believe that we have been here for one month already! We are still awaiting our residency permit, so until that happens, we will have to leave the country every 30 days to renew our visas. Zimbabwe is nearly walking distance from our house (as are Zambia and Namibia), so that makes it easy to go there for a long weekend. This time we visite...


Mosi-oa-Tunya - The Smoke that Thunders

Practically un-slept we descend the so called luxury bus from Namibia as we pass through Zambian immigration for the second time in one day, luckily this time we're don't experience the mess of hands and passports when we came in. We hitch our bags onto our backs, fronts and sides, pass through the gates and start walking to the Zimbabwean border. You ...


Problems what problems, this place is great except for the govt!!!

The story continues, Synopsis: Our brave hero makes his way through the troubled land of Zim, waylaid by officious govt agents and a crumbling economy. From Zambia another morning Minibus brought me down another suicide run to the shores of Lake Kariba in the north. The road decented from the plateau on which Lusaka sits down to the lower reaches...