Zimbabwe.

The safari portion of our trip started off with a day in Zimbabwe, mostly centred on seeing Victoria Falls. As we were only here overnight, our schedule was very full, beginning with a helicopter ride over the falls.


Next up was a sunset cruise on the Zambezi river upstream of the falls, where we saw various birds, crocodiles (including adorable day-old baby crocs), and hippos... lots and lots of hippos. The cruise also served us drinks... lots of lots of drinks.


Our home for the night is an old colonial hotel very reminiscent of the Overlook Hotel*, a labyrinth with various buildings, courtyards, and long spooky hallways. We were surprised every time we turned a corner to NOT encounter the ghosts of recently departed twin girls.

* Post-script by Andrew: Based on my past experience, fully two-thirds of those reading this will not understand "The Shining" reference in this post, with half of those not having even heard of the movie. To you I say: climb out from under your friggin' rock every once in a while! "I don't own a TV" doesn't impress anyone, doubly-so when it means you don't understand any of the major cultural references of the last century! (Here endeth the rant.)