Victoria Falls is a wonderful place. When we arrived at the Falls we saw a lot of tourist and the merchants making deals with the tourists. I went down into the Falls and I got soaked and wet. I did not buy a poncho or an umbrella at the entrance because I wanted to get wet – that was the fun part.
While in the Falls I saw some monkeys, I walked across a high wet bridge while the mist was splashing me in the face. I also saw a beautiful rainbow and the sound of the water crashing down was amazing. The water sounded like thunder and the mist looked like smoke rising to the sky. The people in Livingstone call it Mosi-oa-Tunya, which means “The Smoke that Thunders.”
I had a great time at Mosi-oa-Tunya or Victoria Falls. I will never forget this experience I had at the Falls, and I will go back to the Falls one day in the future.
by Kelvin, a student at Kingsbury Day School
“Soaking it up at Victoria Falls”, you would have thought it was raining, but soaking in a good experience left me with marks. My entire body was soaked with the falls water.
As I arrived at Victoria Falls all I saw were monkeys. It was like monkey heaven, they were just roaming without caution. This is how our encounter started, Reneka, Francis, and I were coming to the van to take a break from shopping. I guess the monkey was watching us ever since the van door opened.
We were sitting in the van for about 5 minutes when a female monkey and its baby approached the side door. The first thing to be noticed: one little furry arm reaching in, then I saw a monkey’s head. The female monkey stared me directly in the face while rampaging through a plastic bag that contained food. Once that was a going on I wasn’t really sure what to do. So I didn’t have any choice but to grab the bag. So the monkey and I were having a competition of tug-of-war for about 25 seconds. I am going to admit that monkey was pretty strong and managed to maintain a piece of bread. It was scary because I wasn’t sure what to do when the monkey was only a couple of inches away from me.
By David, a student at SEED Public Charter School
