It's raining....

again. I know it is the rainy season here in Zambia - it is the rainy season almost everywhere right now - but this is ridiculous!!! It was sunny this morning for Miriam and I to go grocery shopping and for me to go to the bank, but now it is raining again so our plans for exploring livingstone have been put on hold.

We went to victoria falls yesterday for christmas. It was stunning. We went on a hike down to the boiling pot - a set of rapids just down stream from the base of the falls. We hiked down a gorge, crossed a stream and got wet, and climbed over rocks to get down to the bottom. It was fun going down - not so much fun going up - but it was worth it. Beautiful! We were near the bottom of the bridge between Zambia and Zimbabwe and watched a few people bunjee jump off the bridge. miriam is thinking about doing it but I think I will pass this time :)

Last night we joined three women we met here for dinner. We went to a restaurant across the street from our backpackers (called fawlty towers hehe) that claimed an authentic zambian experience. The food was pretty good and it was well done except the dancers were wearing zulu clothes, danced zulu dances and even sang some ladysmith black mambazo, a very zulu group who can be heard on Paul Simon's Graceland album. It cracked me up.

We are still here for a week so we are hoping the rain holds off a little so we can enjoy our adventures without getting too wet. Yesterday at the falls we got soaking wet from the rain, but that wasn't a big deal since we would have gotten soaking wet from the spray of the falls anyway. The plan for the rest of today is to book our various activities, explore livingstone and find my dad's house and do a little shopping. A nice relaxing day!