Too spectacular!When the angel flew over

Author:Knowledge Society Time:2022.08.09

A deep lady blocked the explorer's way to discover the "dark continent", but the waterfall reflected the rainbow, and the momentum was like a thunder. He said that the scenery was so wonderful, and when the angel flew over, he stared at it, and gave it the name of the Queen of Britain. Today, the swimming pool called "Devil" is on the edge of the cliff. The most mighty world will always attract the arrival of strange hunters.

Ruoding rain and fog

More than 160 years ago, David LivingStone, a British explorer who vowed to open Africa's "dark continent", followed the Zambi River. On November 16, 1855, Lvins Tong expected a waterfall with a horizontal width of about 2 kilometers on the way. The secret scenery of the primitive jungle shocked him. He wrote in his diary: "No Europeans have seen it, and only when an angel flew over can they see such a beautiful scene." He named it "Victoria Waterfall" with the name of the British Queen. The waterfall enters the field of Westerners, and the discovery is considered the biggest achievement of Lvinsto in Africa's geographical exploration. Due to the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, the waterfall also prospered the towns on the border between the two countries. The side of Zimbabwe is called Victoria Waterfall on the side of Zimbabwe. Before the arrival of Lvinsto, the waterfall had its own name. The Zimbabwe people called the "Mangion Dongnia", and the Zambians called it "Mosiotonia", which means "the rain and fog of thunderous".

Aerial Victoria Waterfall is magnificent!

The travel guide many years ago recommended to transit from the side of Zambia to the Victoria Waterfall because the infrastructure on the side of Zimbabwe is relatively backward, but in 2015, the waterfall city airport created by Chinese companies was completed, so that this situation can be changed. Directly here. Although the waterfall is owned by the two countries, the water flow is a narrow canyon from the Zambi West River on the side of Zambia. This forms a natural platform to watch the waterfall on the other side. Side viewing is a wise choice.

As one of the three major waterfalls in the world, the Victoria Waterfall has the largest gap, up to 107 meters. Although the width is ranked second and the water flow is third, the waterfall is well -known because of its coherent and long -term water potential. When I came, it was November, when the waterfall was the lowest, but I could still see the turbulent water flow in the main waterfall section, and I could feel splashed water splash on the viewing platform. I heard that the rich water period in March to June, Cangyan was like a sword, a giant waterfall rolled, the rapids were flying, and the water fog rose.

During the dry period, there was a break at the end of the Victoria Waterfall.

Zimbabwe Waterfall Park has 16 ornamental points on the edge of the Canyon cliff. Each waterfall view is different. On the 13th, the ornamental point was named "Rainbow Waterfall". In November, only sporadic small water was seen, and there was no legendary "Rainbow victory". The clouds are refracted in the fog of the steaming water, and the waterfall can reflect the rainbow.

Waterfall and rainbow are interesting

Devil swimming pool

In front of a hundred -headed waterfall cliff, there were rolling rapids in the back. Some people helped the edge of the waterfall floating on the water. Some people bravely stood up to make a jump -like. In the media. This net red punching point is the "Devil's Swimming Pool" at the top of the Victoria Waterfall, known as the most dangerous natural swimming pool in the world.

At that time, I didn't experience the stimulus, but I heard a Chinese friend who said at the airport that he came from the United States for the "Devil's Swimming Pool". Later, I saw this pool in the aerial shot, which was really scary.

If you want to go to the "Devil's Pool", you have to transit Zambia and make an appointment on the Internet. The road to the pool is not easy to walk. The hotel has a special car to the mountain forest, and then hikes for about 3 hours. The "Devil's Swimming Pool" is not large, but it is a deep pool that cannot be touched to the end. There are about 2 meters wide rocks by the pool. You can lie on it to let the water pass by the body. Take pictures for tourists, if the water flows turbulent, someone will help pull their legs or tie ropes to ensure safety. Standing up at the edge of the cliff, open your arms. If there is a rainbow behind you, it is the best moment of photography, but you must admit that there is a danger of being rushed at any time.

Thrilling "Devil's Swimming Pool"

If you want to go, remember to apply for a Zambian visa. Although the official documents have a 24 -hour round trip visa, according to our personal test, the staff of the transit station does not know, and it is more secure to apply for a visa in advance.

Here, in addition to the "devil swimming pool" that allows people with adrenaline, there are also projects such as canyon drift, bungee jumping, and zipper. There is a railway bridge across the Zambi River. The center of the bridge is the border of Jinzan. At the time of Fengshui, there is a burst here. Behind it is the waterfall that is poured down. It is a rare experience in life.

Take the ultra -light aircraft to fly over the Victoria Waterfall and the Zambis River

Victoria Waterfall Bridge Experience Canyon Scores

The Victoria Waterfall Bridge, built in 1904, is the only railway route connecting Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The locals sitting on the Railway on the Victoria Waterfall Bridge. The center of the bridge is the border of Jinzan.

The guy on the Zebi West River Cruise is both a waiter and a song and dance actor, and often shows tourists the record they record.

From the gate of the Waterfall Park, the driver suddenly slowed down and pointed out the window and said, "Look at it, the elephant!" I saw the four African elephants pushing their ears and shaking their tails in the bushside. Seeing animals in Africa generally go to wild zoo. It is rare to see elephants in the living area, but you have to be careful when driving, because you will occasionally meet the monkeys, goats and wild boars on the road from time to time. Less than 3 kilometers away from the Victoria Waterfall is Zambi West National Park. Here you can see the five large wild animals other than rhinoson in the five major beasts (African buffalo, leopard, rhino, elephant, lion) in Africa. The zoo can contact the lion up close.

Wild pigs crossing the road

Of course, it is also possible to choose a cozy. The rafting is on the fourth largest river in Africa on the West River, admiring the gorgeous sunset, and looking at the hippocampus and the motionless crocodile on the side of the river. The guy on the boat is both a waiter and a song and dancer, and will also show you the records they record.

Great Explorer and his "lie"

"Christianity, business, civilization", this is a word engraved in front of the statue of Livins in the Victoria Waterfall. This 3C (CHRISTINITY, Commerce and Civilization) belief was known at a meeting held by the abolition of slave trade and the African Civilization Association in 1840, and opened 4 African trip to life in the motto. It is little known that his initial plan was to go to China to preach, but stranded because of the first Opium War.

Liveston (1813-1873)

Liveston sculpture in Victoria Waterfall Park

It is the triple African mission to spread the gospel of Christ, to conduct geographical inspections, and open a commercial channel. But in fact, he is a less competent missionary who only allows an African to convert to Christianity. And the latter two mission, he went to practice. He was the first European from east to west to the African continent. Before he set foot on the African continent, the African map from the Karahadan Desert to the Sahara Desert was almost blank. His adventure and records opened This "dark continent". The biographies of Livingston once wrote: "Through him, the center of Africa is no longer a dark, unknown space on the map, but a real place. There are interesting humans and wonderful wild animals and plants everywhere ... "

In 1857 Liveston's "South African Memorial Travel Inspection" was released in the first edition of 70,000 copies. Therefore, he received unprecedented honor and huge income. In the year's "The Inspection of the Zambi River and its upstream tributaries", he shouted loudly against slavery. He also recorded the use of Quinon as a drug with quinine as antimalarial, and theoretically analyzed the connection between malaria and mosquitoes. Essence The popularity of Queen's treatment of tropical diseases has greatly reduced the mortality of Europeans, and explorers to Africa have increased sharply.

"I think, you are Dr. Liveston?" There was a Lvest Museum on the side of Zambia in the Victoria Waterfall, which repeated this sentence countless times. This is the title of "New York Pioneer" on August 10, 1872. It tells the British American journalist and an explorer Henry Stanley to find Liveston, which has been missing for nearly 6 years. Has passed away. They were looking for nearly 8 months. On November 10, 1871, I finally found Liveston in the town of Ujiji near Lake Tanani. Stanley greets humorously: "I think, you are Dr. LivingStone?" Biography Dictionary ". This humble museum is one of the few attractions in the small town of Levys Tong. It is the largest and oldest museum in Zambia. It is really unbelievable. A white building with 5 exhibition halls, namely archeological exhibitions, human school exhibitions, historical exhibitions, art exhibitions, and Lvos Tong exhibitions, as well as primitive tribal models. The most precious thing is that the Liveston family donation Cultural relics and Liveston's diary manuscripts. The drafts are mounted in the glass frame and can be pulled out of the box.

The exhibition board in the Livins Tong Museum

When it comes to Liveston's diary, one of the incidents have a huge impact on British abolition movement. In the 6 years of Africa, Lvos Tong insisted on recording and hearing. In the end, the paper and pen and ink were exhausted. In March 1871, Livingstong arrived at the town of Niyangwe, the town of Niyangwei by the Rubaraba River. This town was the stronghold of slavery and ivory trade in Arabs. One day in July, slave traffickers conflicted with local black indigenous peoples, and then turned into massacre. More than 400 people were killed, most of them were women and children. Lvinston recorded the entire slaughter throughout the process, even in important periods of actual records every one hour. The "1871 adventure diary" was later brought back to the UK and published publicly on the media, causing a sensation. The details reveal the cruelty of slave trade and provide empirical evidence for the British abandoned slave movement. His large -scale documentary description of the black slave trade indirectly promoted the signing of the British government and San to sign a agreement to abolish the slave trade by San to Bal Sudan.

But this diary has reversed more than 100 years later. In 2009, scientists re -restored the texts written on newspapers with strawberry juice on newspapers and mixed with printed types with modern digital processing technology, but depicting another version of the "Niyan Gui Liech Case". It turned out that Lvinsto added a lot of new content in the public diary, explained and analyzed the development process of the incident, but deleted some key characters and facts, and changed the order of the incident. Lvinsto previously described the tragedy of 1871 as an emergency isolated incident. He did not know in advance, and he did not related to him afterwards. Some were just shocked and angry. But this is not the case: Livingstone has a close relationship with Arab slaves. One month before the tragedy, he had a contradiction with the local chief transaction. It is likely to be the fuse of the slaughter. Aboriginal action.

History fog down also makes the hero's face complicated. When he was impoverished in Africa, he had to rely on those slave traffickers to give, but in the end he chose to "cut the truth" to "purely" the crime of "purely" slave trade. And the phrase "I think, you are Dr. Liveston?" It was later questioned that it was likely to be a lie. Stanley torn out the content of the encounter in the diary, and Lvinstong did not mention this in their meeting narrative.

Liveston's dream was to find the source of the Nile, but his aspirations died of illness on May 1, 1873 in a village in Zambia. After the two loyal African servants processed Liveston's remains, they traveled thousands of miles to escort the remains and all diaries back to the United Kingdom, but buried his heart under the tree of his death, and now there is a monument.

Now as long as you visit the Victoria Falls, you will always be told the story of the great explorer Liveston, and some people may give you the anecdotes of the hearing. In the park, a team of elementary school students wearing blue school uniforms came out of the outing and saw the camera excitedly. They stopped for a long time in front of the statue of Livans, and may have the homework arranged by the teacher to understand the origin of the waterfall and the European. I don't know if they will hear the "hidden lie" except for the "great discovery".

Local primary school students in the outing of Victoria Waterfall Park

When you come to the town of Lvyzoton, Zambia, you can also visit the "Royal Village" -Mukuni Village. The village was built in the 13th century. It was not a special tourist attraction, but a tribe. Chiefs and villagers are happy to show tourists to show their lifestyle and traditional customs.

The author and the locals group photo

The souvenir market in Lvos Tong Town

A scene of Munuyi Village, Zambia

Under the village tree, there are adults who play African checkers and children who play tires. Opening a hole on the fence will become a "small sales department". I also visited the "Palace". Before entering the door, I needed to kneel down and bow. Heaida shows nobleness, and the female guidance will show the spearhead of hunting, but it will never allow outsiders to sit on the chair of the chief. Children who play tires in Munuy Village

Munuy Village, African checked adults

"Palace" in Mukani Village

In front of the throne of the "Royal Palace" of Mukney Village, the tour guide showed us the spear head of the spear.

The ups and downs of "bread basket"

Zimbabwe was called Rhodesia during the colonial period (the name of the Governor of the Cape Colument in South Africa). It was known for its wealth. There are more than, flowers are exported to Europe and the world's third largest tobacco exporter. But after 2000, "bread baskets gradually empty" became a common evaluation of the outside world. The economic situation of this country almost collapsed.

On the streets of the waterfall city, there are often hawkers selling currency to tourists. The huge banknotes issued by the Jin Central Bank during the inflation period became a spectacle. Now it is no longer universal, but it has become a tourist souvenir with collective value.

In the city of Victoria Waterfall, hawkers selling mango often flood in front of the window to sell.

In the airport store, I saw the currency of all periods since Zimbabwe's independence. Later versions have no longer new designs because of the rush. Basically, they are based on "three stacks". At present Yuan banknotes are extremely tight, and have been fired to $ 70, which is considered a hot investment item.

In April 2009, the Tianjin government announced that it would no longer circulate its currency and replaced foreign currencies such as US dollars and Randon South Africa. It was not until June 2015 that the Tianjin government announced that the public could get Jinyuan to the bank to exchange the US dollar. Tourists who have been in Jindu in 2018 can only use US dollars to trade products. The shortage of foreign exchange has led people to queue up to buy fuel, bread and medicine, and lead to soaring local prices. When I arrived here in November 2018, I was in the "oil shortage" of Zimbabwe. The front row of the car station was lined up, only to wait for the sudden news of the oil; the surrounding resort hotels also often had power outage.

Looking at the long dragon in front of the gas station in front of the gas station, our driver can only rely on the "self -sufficient" of the storage gasoline.

"National Geographic" magazine specially mentioned in the promotion of Zimbabwe that this country is currently facing the turbulence of shortage of oil prices and soaring prices. For tourists, why is it "current"? The answer is that the current President Emerson Mandgoguwa is trying to revive the Timbabwe tourism industry. With the goal of the new government's restoration of economic development, many investors have also regained their confidence in this long -term stagnant country and the general trend of China -Africa cooperation. The infrastructure here is built and renovated with the help of Chinese companies. Development is also exploring. For all overseas tourists, set foot in this magical land at this time is also witnessing the regeneration process of this paradise country.

Victoria Waterfall City Airport undertaken by Chinese companies