Wednesday, Feb 12.  An easy day, schedule-wise.  In the morning descended to the foot of the Falls to ride a jet boat.  Helmets required due to falling rocks. Perilous descent and ascent.  Jet boat was great.  We didn’t go into the falls (speed of water after a 300 feet fall might be painful), but we did get into the “mist”.  Mist my foot.  Hard rain.  Amazingly, the cliff face opposite the Falls had dozens of large rivulets, composed of mist runoff.  Riding the rapids below the falls was cool.  The boat driver would surf the crest of a wave.  (Troubling admission by guide: Among the three boat operators and two shore support staff, only two could swim.)

After lunch I wandered over to the Victoria Falls Hotel, which has a great view of the bridge and “Smoke That Thunders”.  (No view of the actual Falls.)  Typical Victorian era establishment.  Historical photos, art, statues, etc.  Stanley Bar had specialized drinks.  I had an “I Presume”.  They also had the Raffles Hotel signature Singapore Sling.  I experienced British “slow time”.  Sat back and watched the world rotate.

An afternoon rain increased humidity to about 200%.  Walk back to our hotel was agony. No shopping.

Final Night dinner was on a boat.  Nice time.  Another rainbow event.  As we were eating an acapella group magically appeared and were sensational.  Learned that the chorus to the modern version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is a mispronunciation of a Zulu word from the original rendition.  What’s supposed to be “You are a lion” is pure gibberish.

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