Victoria Falls: Risk Taking at its finest

We woke up early in the morning to begin our journey to Victoria falls, which lies on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.  In fact, the bridge that goes across the Zambezi river to connect the two countries is called "No Man's Land" as the river is a neutral zone, one side of the gorge is Zambia and the other is Zimbabwe, but the river is free to flow as its own entity. As soon as we were coming into the town of Victoria Falls we could see the spray from the falls over top of the trees.  We checked in to a very "colonialist" hotel, which obviously caters to the popular image of Africa.  There were men in loin clothes and animal skins who were sent to greet us, and we walked through lobbies decorated with spears and masks, which I assume was meant to represent Shaka Zulu, but we quickly re-gathered ourselves and went to the Victoria Falls Bridge where seven of the students bungee jumped from the bridge (over 300 feet high) towards the Zambezi River (which has both crocs and hippos in it).  Three of us (including myself went to the Zambian side of the gorge and zip lined over 300 feet above the gorge/rive from the side of the gorge to the Victoria Falls bridge.  Although fearing for my life, I must say the view was one I would not have been able to appreciate from any other space than attached to a rope floating above the river.  From there we took a walking tour of the Zimbabwean side of the Falls which was absolutely stunning.  The Zimbabwean side actually is the side where the falls pound over the edge into the river, the Zambian side is the water flowing towards the falls. We ended our day with a sunset cruise on the Zambian river, where we were able to see the hippos and crocs up close and personal and view one of the most picturesque sunsets of the trip. The sun sets very quickly here because of how far South in the Southern hemisphere we are...by the time one counts to 10 it is over, but we are able to witness every stage of sunlight here for the same reason. Tomorrow...we begin with white water rafting...then we are off to the market and a group dinner at the hotel with music and maybe even dancing!