Inexplicably fast internet

After months of brutally slow internet it seems to be going very quickly tonight. This will allow me to post all the shameless tourist snaps that have until now been lost to the "your connection has been reset" demons. The next five photos are of my illegal tour of the edge of Victoria falls. This was probably the scariest thing I've ever done. No mom, I was never in any real danger although my guide was the way he jumped around from rock to rock.

The Zambezi

I've had some trouble uploading photos lately. Hopefully this makes up for it. I just returned from a weekend in Livingstone sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism. I'm pretty impressed with the place and was surprised how non-touristy this supposed tourist-town felt. That might have something to do with the dry season state of Victoria Falls or the general lack of development in Zambia overall. The paradox of neo-liberalism/public corruption (depending on your ideological perspective) is having brand-new private coaches driving down impossibly rutted public roads, and luxury lodges completely detached from public utilities.

This photo is of a team of hotel employees practicing for the Livingstone Boat Club's October 25 regatta, where they will compete against other service industry teams rowing inflatable rafts around a course on the Zambezi.