The
first thing we did was find our sleeping place at Lorrie's Bed and Breakfast
which is a bit out of town, but otherwise just great and run by the amazing
Lorrie, who has the best advises, tries always to help and makes you feel
really welcome. Of course it didn't hurt that there were four dogs at the
B&B ;)
After
that we left for the town, got something to drink and immediately walked to the
Victoria Falls. They are simply stunning. You stand there and see this water
falling down an edge, rushing to the ground and then joining the lake in a
great haze. And then multiply that by fifty or so and you have still only a
bare glimpse of the magnificence of this wonder of nature. The sound of the
falling water, the refreshing haze in the air, the vivid and lush green of the vegetation,
the sound of birds, flapping butterflies and shouting monkeys in the air; not
to forget the rather frightening distance to the ground of the falls. But the
best thing are the waterfalls themselves. Strong, unproportionaly gigantique
and just hypnotizing. In the end I was just sitting there following one water
stream after the other and experiencing the feeling of flying down. 
We also
encountered some baboons on our way, including some little fighters, some
snatchers of fruit and the cutest baby monkey you could imagine. As Victoria Falls
lie in the heart of several national game parks, it easliy happens that the
animals come into town. Apparently it has happened that elephants walk at night
on the streets.
Back to
the water falls. I just can't describe them, but I can only still mention that
the rainbows and the colour hues of the rocks themselves are just so worth a
sight.
Here you
can see the water moving with the wind.
The most
magical place on Earth
In the
evening, after taking in so much beauty, we then enjoyed a Sunset Cruise with
Pamusha, which means "At home". We were so lucky, because Lorrie
decided to book for us a cheaper tour, which ended up on us being the only
three people on a smaller boat with a very knowledgable captain on all the
wildlife and especially the birdlife for Simon and another helper, who was
serving us as much as we can drink. And even though we explicitly booked a no
dinner cruise, we were offered free fingerfood, which pretty much was enough to
make a good and tasty dinner. And we enjoyed live and traditional music, when
we were boarding and leaving. Seriously, I can't think of a way, how this tour
could have been better. 
We saw
several animals, including a wild elephant which had swam to an island in the
middle of the river as their teeth he
would find softer food. The benefit of softer stalks is for an elephant
enormous: Their teeth will become more quickly worn off, if they eat hard stalks,
so they won't last as long. And the life span of an elephant is pretty much
determined by the life span of this teeth.
They lose them four to six times in their life and after that no new
teeth will grow and the elephant dies painful of starvation. Anyway that meant
that we were lucky enough to observe his meal. Personally, I could have watched
the elephant eat for ages, the trunk and how it bends and unbends, the large
ears,..., but we had to go on to new adventures and new animals, which in this
case where a baby crocodile, of which I don't have a picture and some hippos.
By the way I should warn you, hippos are very dangerous animals, even though
they don't eat meat and look so harmless. However, they are extremely
protective of their territory and when they open their mouths that is not to
amuse us but a sign of aggression. More information are that hippopotamuses are
the second heaviest animal on ground, after the elephant and they usually are
found in water because they have very sensitive skin, which they can protect
this way from the African sun, apparently they don't get sunburns in water like
certain other people. Now back to the concept of a 2 or 3 ton hippo swimming in
the river, not very likely. Instead we were explained the hippos cross the
river as the only animal species by walking on the ground as they can hold
their breath for up to 8 minutes, then they manage to push themselves up to the
surface, breathe and dive again. That march would be something to witness. 
It just
was a lovely sunset with a lovely sunset cruise. Perfect happiness can describe
it.
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