Sigh, I was enjoying it here lazing near the falls. You read Francoise' baboon terror, its fun watching other people getting harrassed by the daring monkeys they have here:
-running into open doors
-jumping on tables and stealing food
-grabbing a sandwhich in a girls hand
-mobbing a stoopid Euro-tourist who went for a walk with 2 bannanas in his hand
Gettin mobbed by the agressive/desperate stall workers they have outside the gate here was not as fun. People can still be decent doing transactions, not fun to have the deceit, guilt tripping, bullying etc it was worse than Swaziland.
I love wandering, slipping and sliding around the deafening falls. I asked staff if many tourists fall into the falls...theres hardly any railing or visibility in places with the spray,, slippery paths and sheer drops...it aint up to OSH standards. You fall in here at peak flow season you get millions of litres of water per second bearing you down the 111 metres to your death. A few people do have accidents and fall in each year and some deaths here are self inflicted.
Everyones pretty friendly here (bar said market sellers) maybe cos its a touristy place, maybe cos we are all here to enjoy the falls, maybe they like laughing at the drenched kiwis who wont hire raincoats. Had a nice sunset cruise on the Zambezi River last night watching the wildlife like elephants feasting on the riverbank or obnoxious shipboard Russians chattering loudly and pushing people out of the best viewing spots on the boat. 'Those Russians' as the Bony M song goes.
-running into open doors
-jumping on tables and stealing food
-grabbing a sandwhich in a girls hand
-mobbing a stoopid Euro-tourist who went for a walk with 2 bannanas in his hand
Gettin mobbed by the agressive/desperate stall workers they have outside the gate here was not as fun. People can still be decent doing transactions, not fun to have the deceit, guilt tripping, bullying etc it was worse than Swaziland.
I love wandering, slipping and sliding around the deafening falls. I asked staff if many tourists fall into the falls...theres hardly any railing or visibility in places with the spray,, slippery paths and sheer drops...it aint up to OSH standards. You fall in here at peak flow season you get millions of litres of water per second bearing you down the 111 metres to your death. A few people do have accidents and fall in each year and some deaths here are self inflicted.
Everyones pretty friendly here (bar said market sellers) maybe cos its a touristy place, maybe cos we are all here to enjoy the falls, maybe they like laughing at the drenched kiwis who wont hire raincoats. Had a nice sunset cruise on the Zambezi River last night watching the wildlife like elephants feasting on the riverbank or obnoxious shipboard Russians chattering loudly and pushing people out of the best viewing spots on the boat. 'Those Russians' as the Bony M song goes.
Fingers crossed train is sorted after more requisite phone nightmares, we'll stay an extra night in Joburg to link with another train, losing a night in Port Elizabeth. Maybe Ill get a good mugging story for the blog hee
Manfred
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