The next day, half of us went to the Zimbabwe side of Victoria Falls. Just as beautiful the second time. This side has really nice views and you don’t get as wet. We also went to a market, where you could trade anything! I brought a white undershirt to trade, and also gave up my hair ties and a pen that was in my purse. In exchange for this and a few US dollars, I got a really cool carved wooden bowl as well as a couple wooden masks. One really crazy thing about Zimbabwe is that they don’t accept their own currency because it is so worthless. You can buy a three trillion Zimbabwe dollar bill for about 20 cents. They would rather trade you for anything you have rather than take Zim dollars. That night, I got to see one of the coolest sights I will probably ever see. There was a full moon, and we went back to the Zambia side of Victoria Falls to look at it. Because of the light of the moon, reflected on the waterfall, a huge rainbow formed over the Falls. So strange and so beautiful to see a rainbow in the middle of the night over such an incredible waterfall! Later that night, a few of us went to get food and drinks at a Zambian bar near our hostel. There we had drinks with the deputy mayor of Livingstone—pretty cool!
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