Another Adrenaline Filled Day in Zambia

For our last full day in Livingstone, we headed to the Gorge. At the Gorge, we could abseil (rappel) forwards or backwards, do the Flying Fox (Tyrolian Traverse), or the Gorge Swing as many times as we liked. We started with a regular rappel (I made it down in three jumps),

(Me)

(Kaitlin) followed by the flying fox,

(Me)

(Kaitlin) (Me) (Regina)(Regina) and then the gorge swing.

Next we did the forward rappel

(Kaitlin)

and went a couple more times on the gorge swing. I did my first gorge swing backwards; Regina and Kaitlan went together. After that, the guides started calling me "daredevil." For our next round of gorge swing, we all went forward.

Kaitlan had to be pushed! That additional step of consciously stepping into the oblivion made the experience all the more terrifying.

After each trip to the bottom of the gorge,we would have to climb a long staircase to the top again. About halfway up, there was a shelter with a cooler full of blessedly cold water. Our enthusiasm waned only as the day grew too hot to climb out of the Gorge. When that happened, we went back to the Flying Fox, which didn’t require any climbing.

My favorite activities were the forward rappel and the Gorge Swing.

The guides at the Gorge Swing were really great and knew what they were doing. I would recommend this over the bungee jumping for anyone that is looking for a thrill in Zambia.

Here are some other random pictures I took in Zambia:

The cute girl on the bus to South Luwanga:

Where the bus broke down the first time:



A One Hundred Trillion Dollar bill from Zimbabwe (where inflation was rampant until they switched to the American dollor):