Victoria Falls Zimbabwe / Zambia

“There was a moment of pure beauty, as the whole glorious width of the cascade was visible beneath us. Then there was a wall of white, as we were enveloped in the spray. It was like flying through thick clouds — and, like flying through thick clouds, it caused some turbulence to the helicopter. Then we were past it, and flying upstream, with our pilot telling us about all the islands in the suddenly wide and sleepy river below.”

“But as I got closer to the center section, the air was so drenched that I began to worry about my camera, even though the GoPro is fairly water resistant. I didn’t have a lot of attention to spare for it, though. Clear back in my teens, I wrote a story set at a large waterfall, so loud and intense that my heroine completely missed the fact that the sister standing beside her had disappeared. I could well believe it, standing here listening to the roar of the Smoke that Thunders.”

“I visited in May/June, when the falls were truly thundering. [...] Warning: When going into the rainforest on either side of Victoria Falls, you WILL GET WET. Like, soaking wet. Bring a poncho and be sure to take care with your camera/phone.”