Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Arrival in Victoria Falls - 26 July 2016


26 July 2016

We woke very early to get to the airport.  While waiting I went into the store, Out of Africa, hoping to buy an African penguin.  They didn’t have it, but I saw baby booties, which hopefully will be used in the future.

Victoria Falls International Airport in Zimbabwe

We had lunch on the plane and landed in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.  The lodge we are staying at is truly lovely.

Shortly after arrival we went for a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River. There was no limit on the drinks and I drank two glasses of wine and I was quite tipsy.  While the stated objective was watching the sun set, we did see some animals.   We saw crocs lounging on the banks of the river and some baby crocs on tree branches.  The big excitement was a pod of hypos playing with each other.  They would do mock aggressive moves with each other.

Cruise on Zambezi River

On the river


Island in middle of Zambezi River


Views along the river

Crocodile on river bank

Crocodile

Hypo in the river

Motorized flying kite

baby crocodile on branch

Another baby croc


Croc on the shore

Holes in mud ate nests for bee eating birds



Hypos

Hypos

Hypos


Pod of Hypos

 Pod of Hypos

Bird

Bird

 Elephant

Elephant


We had dinner at the lodge that we are staying at and the menu included crocodile and other exotic (at least to me) items.  After dinner, I went to my room, uploaded my pictures and then went to bed.  I had requested a 6:00 am wake up call.

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