Final Stretch

Monday, June 18

I probably shouldv'e put this in my previous posts but Sunday is also when we had our banquet at an Italian restauraunt called Olga's. We sat out in the courtyard for the meal and soon after gathered around for our awards. They were silly awards and generally had something to do with the personalities during the last few weeks. If I were to tell you the award titles you would not understand, so I will spare you. lol.

On Monday we got up and headed to Victoria Falls again. This time we could see everything and truly appreciate its full beauty. I was just as soaked as before, but had time to dry before going out to barter. I had a chance to stick my feet into the water and walk down a long, steep and winding path to the "Boiling Pot". The view was beautiful (and I didn't have my camera for the last part)! Always amazing at God's natural creations. If you remember my post about bartering before, I did a lot better this time, even though there were some new curveballs thrown in. I brought a whole bag of pens with me to Africa but did not have all of them with me. I quickly bartered off the ones I had and all but three of my hairties, gaining all but 3 of my gifts to bring back. Not bad! The prices were higher than when we came before so I really had to bring them down. Whew! Stressful, but we all helped each other and kept an eye out this time.

The lunch hours and a little of the afternoon was free for eating and taking showers. At 3:15 we met up to go to high tea at the Royal Livingstone. We had tea cups and kettles, 6 choices of tea,s and all the sweets and quiches we could eat. It was hot outside but we still enjoyed it. We were warned that monkeys might attempt to steal our sugar packets but we did not see any! Kind of disappointed. However, we did see a lone zebra walk across the lawn and next to the swimming pool! After our tea when had time to walk the grounds and sit on the deck to watch the sunset.

Great adventure #1 and 2 of Livingstone! Tomorrow is safari day :)