victoria falls

i'll be traveling to nairobi for a 2 week trip for work this weekend, and have been thinking about my first trip to africa- the trip was responsible for getting me into this international development stuff in the first place, after all. our professor (a minister) guilted many of my fellow students into attending church in livingstone on a sunday...but brea and i had other plans. we spent the entire day at victoria falls...relaxing and enjoying one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

we took so so many photos-below are some of my favorites.

sunset on the zambezi river the night before.

we stayed at nyala lodge in livingstone- it was affordable, but very nice...a good mix of camping and a hotel...with the coolest waterfall showers! http://www.africanencounters.com/nyala-lodge/

little walk on the wild side

there wasn't much time to be a tourist when i went to zambia (my first time in africa!) to study. our schedule was filled with visits to the university, the house of a local alumnus, local NGOs...and a lot of waiting. and waiting. and waiting. for everything! macrina and i stole away for 12 hours while we were in lusaka--for some of the only free time we had through the entire trip. we found a privately-owned, absolutely beautiful safari lodge in close proximity to lusaka, where we rode horses to get up close with the elephants, went on a game drive had the opportunity to see a wide variety of traditional and modern african art, and enjoyed quite a few glasses of pimms (very african, of course)! it's interesting that all of the land/animals were privately-held, and i'm sure i could start a debate with my environmental friends about which is better in the long-run. we didn't have the time or the money to go on a full-blown african safari, but our day trip did the trick.

the place we visited: http://www.chaminuka.com/. 

i bought a book about the owner and all he has done in africa, but sadly, still have not gotten around to reading it!