EP51: Zimbabwe - Vic Falls, rock art and colonialism

In this episode, I travel to Vic Falls in Zimbabwe and explore the gorge on the ground and in the air. It was an awe-inspiring example of the power of nature watching the sheer volume of water dropping off from the Zambezi River into the gorge. I enjoyed the 15-min helicopter ride over the falls to view the ‘smoke that thunders’. It was short but it gave me an idea of the sheer scale of the falls through this crack in the plateau. It made me consider what the explorer Livingstone thought when he came across the falls.

We then travelled south to Hwange National Park to observe large herds of elephants and then continued to Bulawayo, where we saw some great tribal dancing along with artistic examples of traditional costumes and masks. We also visited Matobo National Park to marvel at the unique rock formations, view the 2000-yeat-old rock paintings and visit the famous colonist Cecil Rhodes gravesite. I finish the episode discussing the ramifications of colonialism including my thoughts on its recent bearings of global issues and dealing with discrimination.