Stood on a footbridge over Victoria Falls 24th July 2002

Today we are going off to Africa. It's 24th July 2002 and I am visiting Victoria Falls in the country of Zambia.  This waterfall is the most amazing spectacle - made all the more special because you feel you are a LOOOONG way from home. 
This is what I wrote in my Diary:

"To Victoria Falls for 9.30 am, by the same taxi driven by a guy called Manuel.  40,000 Kwacha (Zambian currency) to get in but well worth it as the falls are very impressive.

I was able to watch through the day and see beautiful rainbows forming and moving in the mist as the sun moved around in the sky.

 

 

As the day wore on I just stayed and enjoyed the spectacle.  I walked down to “The boiling Pot” which is at the bottom of the second chasm back.  I met a British guy who was trying to break in to Travel Photography – he explained that he was staying into the evening to try to catch the Lunar Rainbows.  I had noticed that the moon was rather full on the previous night but my visit coincided with the actual full moon purely by coincidence.

By the time I called Manuel he had assumed I had found my own way back… never expecting me to stay as late as 19.30.

 

Chicken and chips for my meal in the evening (!) – I was really hungry as I had only taken a snack for lunch.

To bed early – yet another early start the following day."