Day 20: July 13, Bye Priscilla

We said goodbye to Priscilla today - so sad. She's such an amazingly inspiring woman, and I will miss her. She even took us on a quick tour of her apartment in Victoria Falls before we left... how sweet!! I did a tiny bit more shopping before we left, picking up the Big Five carved in stone. (Not sure what I'm going to do with that, but whatever.)

We lost power today, which is apparently very common in Zimbabwe these days. The lodges have generators, but the stores do not, so they place candles all over in an attempt to provide lighting to customers. I feel badly for them because I know the economy is so weak that the stores need to maintain all the customer traffic possible... and with the electricity off, it doesn't look like most of them are open. Sad times for Zimbabwe, for sure. But the people are so resilient and friendly nonetheless... it's an amazing place.

The rest of the day was a travel day to Cape Town. Two flights, terrible meals, and ample downtime lead us to Cape Town around 9pm. (Apparently one thing women need after 3 weeks on safari is a newspaper):

Exhausted, we met with Kim, our guide, who gave us a brief driving tour of the town before dropping us off at the hotel. (One of my companions - as the flight was approaching Cape Town - told me to look out the window at the beautiful view of the lights through the windows. I couldn't help but think "It looks like New Jersey").

Poor Kim must have thought we were zombies, because we didn't say a word, and by the time we hit our pillows, we were exhausted....