Daily Archives: January 19, 2014

19-Jan-14 Victoria Falls, Zimbawe

On Jan 19 we flew to Victoria Falls in Zimbawe from Johannesburg, South Africa.  We stayed in the grand old Victoria Falls Hotel and visited the actual falls, which is almost visible from the back lawn of the hotel.

Victoria falls is an immense hollowed out canyon on a smooth plain in the middle of southern Africa.  Apparently it was created as the ancient basalt volcanic flow gradually was etched away by water.  You really get a sense of how bizarre it seems from the air, where its visible as a huge vapor cloud from the deep canyon on an otherwise flat landscape.

 

Victora Falls, Zimbabwe

 

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