South by South West

We are finally here in livingstone on the bank of the great Zambezi river, in the distance we can see the 'smoke that thunders' from victoria falls. Yesterday we took the tour through the national park alongside th falls and it was absolutely breathtaking, it is sooooooooo big and soooooooo loud. There is som much spray that you get absolutely drenched. The best part was standing at the top where the river cscades down over the edge, the water thunders along so fast and we were standing meteres away from it.

Ok but, the best part of the day was doing the vic falls bungee jump (mum and dad i didnt tell you i was doing this for obvious reasons and i am very safe and well and alive!). A large group of us head over to the bridge in the afternoon to conquer the worlds 3rd largest bungee jump. I was third in the line so got my jump out of the way pretty quickly.

I have to say it is a combination of the scariest and the most exhilarating thing i have ever done. I screamed like a little girl all the way down and then lay spinning up and down for an age as they lowered a guy down to come and pull me back up to the bridge. Although i now need to tell you that i jumped off the bridge a second time! I was not planning to do this but as part of the package deal you can do the 'gorge swing' which is where you to the same 111meter free fall but then swing on a line through the gorge. This was even more amazing than the bungee because you could take in all the sights and see the falls it was absolutely amazing. Needless to say i took lots of pictures and have a cheesey video to show when i get back.

We will be entering botswana tommorow which i am very excited about - and i wont be missing the zambian currency (why do they not have any coins!!!!!). Also i may be out of phone signal so therefore i will buy a new sim card and call home via this until i reach namibia.

I cant wait for the second half of the tour to get under way - we are less than a month from cape town...

Jacob