Heliwopter

Well I am starting to fall behind in these posts, there is not much time left in the day after the lounging, eating and drinking are all accounted for.

Somehow I talked Josie into another foolish activity for someone scared of heights - thats right, a helicopter ride over Vic Falls. Now the plus side for Josie was we decided NOT to do microlights - she was considering these but thought they were more like glider planes. She was so relieved when she saw what a microlight was, she just skipped onto the helicopter without a thought - whoops.

Now these choppers are the little ones - what my Dad refers to as Hueys, from 'Nam. The can actually seat 4, and are nearly all glass to provide good views - and what good views indeed. But no point in me trying to describe it as a picture and 100o words blah blah blah. However, what was interesting (and by that I mean funny after the event) was Josies white knuckled grip of the seat and almost the pilot at one point when we were banking! She is a brave little trooper and we are probably lucky she didn't have a panic attack, go mental and take us all down in flames.

But hey, what a ride and view. We also met a group of guys planning an expedition from the sea to the source of the Zambezi - kind of like Livingstone - to make a documentary. They are ols hands, having done the Amazon, Mee Kong (spelling) and some others probably only Sam would be able to tell you there names. Great guys and bloody lucky to be doing that for a living - they even gave us some great tips for Thailand and Chang Mia... and also Laos "the land of a million elephants" - you can bet Josie's ears pricked up when she heard that !

Well enough for this update, I have 2 more to catch up on...