THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS

There are experiences which are simply outright awe-inspiring that you could add to your bucket list too!!! 

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In February this year I was able to tick off another of my ‘bucket list’ items....a magical trip to experience the Victoria Falls, a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River, at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Local people call the falls "Mosi-oa-Tunya" - the smoke that thunders.  They could not have expressed it better. You literally get ‘misted over’, even soaking wet, by the spray of the falls. While some visitors wore raincoats or kept a safety distance from the drop of between 90m and 107m into the Zambezi Gorge, the thrill seekers stood dangerously on the edge of the gorge, deafened and exhilarated by the thunderous roar of the water. It is not hard to see why this spot is one of the most spectacular natural wonders of the world.  With an average of 550,000 cubic metres of water plummeting over the edge every minute, I remain as much inspired as David Livingstone must have been in the 1860's.