The waters of the Zambezi flow strong and swift. At times the water is smooth with only a tiny ripple disturbing the surface. It is an imperfect mirror reflecting the world above and other times it bubbles and turns, the result of hidden rocks or submerged trees. At the falls (my goodness what a lot of water) it becomes a churning mass, relentless on its journey to the edge and the rocks far below.
Double rainbow!!! Needs more intensity!!
The river played some part of each day that I was there. Every activity except for two was directly related to the river. The river was running high, maybe two meters above normal. Its waters surging from rainfall upstream. Even though the river was such a large part of my stay, it seemed to have very little influence on the Zambians that I met. Other than the river tours/hotel boats, I only saw one more non tour related vessel on the river and I think those were actually from the Zimbabwean side. I think the river was flowing too strong and too high to be able to do anything on the river without a motorboat. Paddling would pretty much only allow you to go one way, downstream and getting away from any animals would be too difficult in these conditions. There were definately hippos and crocodiles and elephants would also swim in the river. As for the falls themselves, there was too much mist to be able to see most of the falls from the ground and trees and bushes mostly blocked the view from right at the edge of the falls. Nevertheless, the mist and the river itself were very impressive.
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