Colliding Continents - For The Adventurer Within

Friday, August 07, 2009

Weekly Travel A La G-Maps: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya - Smoke That Thunders) is quite an amazing site...even from Google's satellites. David Livingstone was apparently the first European to set eyes on the falls. I remember first seeing footage of the falls in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy where the protagonist sets out for the end of the world (Victoria Falls) to throw away a Coke bottle which has caused chaos to break out in his tribe. Funny what you remember as a child.

Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls National Park, Zimbabwe

It is neither the highest or widest waterfall but it is certainly the world's largest. The pictures say it all.