This morning as we were waiting to go to Victoria Falls, the trainer came with Sylvester for his walk. We were the only ones up so we got our photos made with him and got to pet him. He is a beautiful creature. He was found when he was a week old and his mother had been killed so they hand raised him. They have built a nice compound and though he is on a leash at the lodge, they take him down in the fields and take him off the leash to run. He chased the warthogs but when he catches them, he doesn't know what to do with them. It was very interesting.
This morning we went to Victoria Falls with our guide and it was so much more beautiful than it was the last time we came. We had ponchos and we got soaked from the spray and the wind from the falls but it was a lot of fun. There are so many view points. By the time we got back to the van, our ponchos were dry. there were baboons all over the place and warthogs and there was a lot of walking so we were pretty tired when we got back. We thought about taking the moonbow tour at night as it was the full moon, but cancelled later in the afternoon as it was just too much. Instead, Carolyn was our brave one and took the helicopter ride over the falls which she said was wonderful. Marylou and I went to the market instead and Jim rested. I can tell that in 5 years, Zimbabwe has improved. There were not vendors coming up to us trying to sell things and all. Instead, they had the market by itself and they were not allowed to come beyond a point. It made it much more interesting and also much safer feeling. I was able to get the games I wanted and a couple of carved animals and bracelets. After the helicopter ride, Carolyn and the driver picked us up and we went back to the Elephant Camp and went to see the elephants at the wallow. People come from other hotels to ride the elephants there but none of us were interested in doing that-but we did get to feed the elephants which was an experience. We all had our own technique and we got lots of laughs about it. Carolyn got a handful of slime doing it the first time and so I was very cautious and pretty well just threw the pellets in the elephants direction! It was a lot of fun at any rate.
Sylvester was also there and we had another photo op with him.
This morning we went to Victoria Falls with our guide and it was so much more beautiful than it was the last time we came. We had ponchos and we got soaked from the spray and the wind from the falls but it was a lot of fun. There are so many view points. By the time we got back to the van, our ponchos were dry. there were baboons all over the place and warthogs and there was a lot of walking so we were pretty tired when we got back. We thought about taking the moonbow tour at night as it was the full moon, but cancelled later in the afternoon as it was just too much. Instead, Carolyn was our brave one and took the helicopter ride over the falls which she said was wonderful. Marylou and I went to the market instead and Jim rested. I can tell that in 5 years, Zimbabwe has improved. There were not vendors coming up to us trying to sell things and all. Instead, they had the market by itself and they were not allowed to come beyond a point. It made it much more interesting and also much safer feeling. I was able to get the games I wanted and a couple of carved animals and bracelets. After the helicopter ride, Carolyn and the driver picked us up and we went back to the Elephant Camp and went to see the elephants at the wallow. People come from other hotels to ride the elephants there but none of us were interested in doing that-but we did get to feed the elephants which was an experience. We all had our own technique and we got lots of laughs about it. Carolyn got a handful of slime doing it the first time and so I was very cautious and pretty well just threw the pellets in the elephants direction! It was a lot of fun at any rate.
Sylvester was also there and we had another photo op with him.
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