The smoke that whispers
on Andrew Sacret (Zambia), 23/Nov/2010 16:09, 34 days ago
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Livingstone for a braii (barbeque) for all the Southern Province volunteers.  Though it was a long trip for some food and fun, it was still worth going.  It was good to reconnect with all the volunteers that have been in country for a while, as well as to get acquainted with the large batch that arrived in October.On Saturday afternoon, I went with my housemate Rob and our friend Dan to visit Victoria Falls.  As my loyal blog followers might remember, I also visited the falls in July.  What a difference a few months makes!In July, I got thoroughly soaked by the spray from the might Mosi-oa-Tunya, or "smoke that thunders".  On Saturday, I only got a little wet from a few raindrops.  The thunder has since quieted to a mere whisper.JulyThe water tumbles over the edge of a very long "gash" in the earth.  It's hard to see the other side for all the spray.Walking across the bridge is a very wet and slippery affair. NovemberVictoria Falls: a dramatic canyon, nonetheless.The same bridge, now bone dry.  In July, the water tumbles over the rock face at left.There's still lots of water falling over the edge, it's just spread out a bit more along the canyon now.Standing in the river bed, where mere months ago I would have been washed into oblivion.Ok, this is really just to showmynew look.Good friends in a world famous location!