Jul 06 2008
Zambia
After paying the outrageous Zambian visa charge of $135 for Americans (not having a choice to go to the Zimbabwean side because of the absolute disaster that Mugabe has created), we saw the magnificent Victoria Falls. They are the second largest behind Iguaçu Falls in South America, but still larger than Niagara. The water level was the highest it has been in years, which meant not only no white-water rafting, but you get completely soaked attempting to see them, literally it was raining upwards immediately surrounding the falls.
The only other thing of note was the anticorruption billboards along roads; “Just Say No to Corruption” or “Succeed the Right Way, Not the Corrupt Way” (which I unfortunately didn’t get a picture of), but a man in one of them looked strikingly similar to Kwame Kilpatrick… The rest of Zambia (which I only saw through the windows of the truck), didn’t really have much of interest.
US citizens are required to pay the multi-entry fee for a visa unfortunately. I went to Vic Falls this past weekend and got a free day pass to the Zim side through immigration. The view is from the same bridge where they do bungee jumps and gorge swings. It’s beautiful but limited since you see just a sliver of the falls length-wise. I think the $30 visa is necessary if you want to go beyond the bridge.