Goodbye Johannesburg, Hello Victoria Falls!! (Thanksgiving, 11/24)

We woke up On Thanksgiving thankful for a new start to a new day. We arrived at the airport extra early in order to get the lost bag situation figured out face to face since the phone obviously was not getting us close to finding the bag. Kyle ran in to talk to them while I stayed with our rental car. I started to get nervous when it was less than 2 hours until our international flight to Zimbabwe, we still had to return the car and Kyle was still inside. He made it out though and we actually had a lead on the bag.... It was found in London, the baggage sticker had come off apparently. It was supposed to come to Johannesburg the next morning and they would have it sent to our hotel in Victoria Falls from there. At least it was something. So we returned our car and headed for takeoff to beautiful Vic Falls!

Arriving in Vic Falls was discouraging at first because it seemed as though the rain had followed us. It turned out to just be a very short small storm which was good. When we arrived at our hotel we called Anne who is the lady I have been planning our primary school visit with and she wanted to come meet us at the hotel that evening just as a meet and greet. We had plenty of time to check out the falls in the mean time. I cannot even begin to explain Vic Falls, or Mosi-Oa-Tunya as they call it which means "The smoke that thunders". The best way I can show it is via pictures from the sky taken from the flight of angels, a helicopter ride over the falls. Can't wait to share those. Seeing it face to face on the Zimbabwe side was the best, but you just cannot show in pictures it's size or intensity that way. We met several people both from Canada and other places all over the world and everyone had the same answer that Vic Falls beats Niagra Falls hands down. Makes sense being is how it is the largest waterfall in the world and one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. Certainly a beauty which is indescribable!

We wrapped up the day with a short meeting with Anne, who is fabulous, and some dinner! Busy day coming up.....