Sunday, November 26, 2017

11/26/17 - On 11/8, We got up 6 00 am, breakfast at 6 30 am and left the camp at 7 00 am for the entrance of the park  where we would then board a bus.  We had a two hour bus ride to Victoria Falls.  We stopped at the Shearwater Explorers Village hotel to pick up Suzanne who had been ill and spent the last three days at the hotel but felt good enough to join us for the tour of Victoria Falls.  I had learned early from the tour guide that the walk around the falls was a little over a mile one way so a total of a little over two miles so it was determined that I would benefit by requesting a wheelchair and hiring a pusher.  We got some orientation at the entrance of the park and on the other side was my chair and pusher.  We met each other and started out although we were going to keep with the rest of my group.  It felt good not to be way behind and be able to stay with the group.  Soon after the entrance, Suzanne passed out and Deborah determined she had a seizure which was caused by the heat and her not feeling well.  I gave up my wheelchair to wheel her back to the bus and back to the hotel.  Soon the wheelchair arrived again and we took off on our journey.  The falls were beautiful even though it was the dry season.  I was told by the pusher that during the wet season, they close some of  the walkway because of all the mist that is created by the falling water.  We even had some mist on several of the walkways.  We went to the bridge that goes over the gorge between Zambia and Zimbabwe.  We then went to an African restaurant and it was a buffet with lots of various types of rice, chicken and fried caterpillars. Deborah decided to taste them but was not really impressed. We then went back to the hotel and checked in and Deborah went on a tour that gave her a ride on an elephant and I stayed in the room and just relaxed.  We then had dinner at the hotel at 7 30 pm.  Pictures of the falls will have to come later since I don't know how to transfer from camera to computer to this web site.

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