We spent the first day or so relaxing in Livingstone, doing the washing (ah, the joy of clean clothes!!) and doing some shopping (food is much more expensive here than Botswana so we decided to self-cater as much as possible). Our first dinner was 70,000K just ridiculous! Of course we did get 2 million out of the ATM, so it's probably not that bad, but still double what we were paying in Botswana... but the accommodation is cheaper, so we don't need to camp as much.
Our first splurge for Africa was on a microlight flight over the falls. We were up at 6:30am and after a couple of minutes were at the runway. It was absolutely amazing! We got dressed up in flight suits, which were a one size fits all (or none depending on how you look at it). Then after being strapped in we were up and away. As soon as we were in the air we could see the spray from the falls, which goes at least 250m up into the air. It is currently absolutely peak flow for Victoria Falls which means that the view isn't as good (the spray stops you being able to see the falls), but you really get the feel for the sheer quantity of water going over the falls.
The current falls are actually the 8th, and you can see the beginning of the 9th. As well as the beautiful gorges which are the remains of where the falls used to be. The slight gash which is the start of the 9th falls has taken 5,000 years and depending on which pilot you believe(mine or Jason's) in another 40,000 to 20,000 years the falls will be completely in the new location. The view was completely stunning from the microlight and I highly recommend it to anyone coming to the falls.
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