Pirates of the Zambezi

The first night that we were in Vic Falls we signed up for a "sunset cruise on the Zambezi with animal viewing, drinks, and snacks" (read: booze cruise)There were only nine of us on the boat and we spent two hours exploring the zambezi where we saw crocodiles and hippos. (our guides later apologized that we saw so few animals and we were like "what?") Beautiful sunset and good company.

When we first arrived at the dock we were suddenly mobbed by traditional dancers (They literally jumped out of the bushes) who kidnapped a member of the group, decked her out in a headdress and preformed Ndebele dances for us all, and tried to sell us CDs. I later figured out that the 10-12 sunset cruises all stagger their departures so that these guys can perform for all of them. I tipped them for decent music and a good business model.


Our guide/pilot insisted that this boat was ours for the duration of the cruise and that we could go at any pace and stop to see anything we wanted. I said great, that I always wanted to try my hand at piracy and asked him to strike a course for the coast. He stared at me and my friends jumped in and insisted I was kidding (liars). Later I toned it down a little and asked if maybe we could just forcefully board another cruise ship and he again stared and then started talking about the eating habits of hippos. By the way, I think that there is an alarmingly strong correlation between the number of drinks sarah has had on a river and the frequency of pirate jokes she makes. (there were a couple of ARGGHHHs in there, oops)


Again, we saw a lot of hippos, which rocked, but my pictures all involve blurs in the distance and I refuse to be one of those people who have to swear that there is something in the picture. Just watch animal planet and you'll get the idea

A lot of the Zambezi reminded me of the bayous: humid and buggy but beautiful. I highly recommend everything in Vic Falls. I have to actually return to classes now so the crazier and miscelaneous stories will have to come later. So as always, details to come!