I thought Africa was good before,... but now....

Yes folks, it turns out that Millipedes and Cats are not all that gets big in Africa, anyone who knows my love of this wonderful product will understand my smile. 350ml, the 'normal' bottle of tabasco is 60ml, so nearly 6x normal volume, its like a stubby of tabasco. Yay Africa.

WOW Victoria Falls

It has been a hectic week, this is my last weekend in Katima Mulilo, next week I an going to Rundu, on the banks of the Okovango River for a change, which will be my home for the next 3 months. Since my time here was running out, I thought I had better take the opportunity while I am so close and go over to Zimbabwe and visit Victoria Falls, Wow I'm so very glad I went, it was amazing, Sandi and I came here in "91" and have very fond memories of it, and it didn't disappoint, although, I was sad that I couldn't share it with my family, especially Sandi.

This 'small' waterfall is the very left hand side of the falls, and is next to the 'devils cateract'.

If you click on any of these shots they should give you a big version, this one is worth it. the photo above this one, is on the very left of the falls. If you look on the road in front of the falls you can see 10 Semi-trailer trucks parked end to end waiting to get through the boarder post, it gives you an idea of the scale, the falls are 1.7km across. The bridge on the right hand side has a little structure in the middle, it is a bungy jump shed, that is where the Australian girl had the cable snap a few months ago, check out the rapids just below the bungy spot, there are crocs too. All of the land on the right is Zambia, I shot this from a chopper.

If you look at the valley with the bridge and follow it to the bend, but look at the building above the end of the valley (you will have to zoom it in and it will be a bit pixelated) you should see what is in the next shot.

Look in the distance between my friend Abuid and me, and you can see the bridge, we are in the garden of the Victoria Falls hotel, a very famous and beautiful hotel at the end of the valley with the bridge.

Looking down the falls.

Then on our way home, as we were going through Chobi national park in Botswana,  we were treated to this, just look at how she dissapears below the grass.

It is a little difficult to see the size of this cat untill you see the next shot.

This is not a technicaly very good photo, (camera shake, as the driver started moving off) however, you can clearly see how lean and fit this magnificent animal is, I have said many times that the ones in the zoo just don't look like this.

You get a much better idea of the power of the falls in this vid. If you look at the first arial shot at the top of the photos above, (the second photo) we start going along the walkway which is opposite the falls and on the left hand end. it starts of dry-ish but as we get further into the middle of the falls, the wind and wet, get very strong. The helicopter ride is a bit boring on vid, but was fantastic in real life, you will have to do it one day, tell me if I'm right.

On Friday, we had the "End of Year" celebration, which was a little late, but never mind that, it started off with a fantastic meal at the Protea hotel, which is the closest thing you can get to a Hilton or Hyatt in Katima Mulilo. Then a boat cruise down the Zambezi toward the Botswanan boarder, of course I went fishing.

 Just walk down here through this long grass to the boat, oh don't worry about that sign, nobody has been eaten here in ages.

 Yes the beard is real, but the gut is fake.

My fellow shipmates