Fishing on the Zambezi... skinny dipping on the Zambezi!!

Thursday afternoon we got a chance to go fishing. We stopped a couple times at the side of the river, to barter for fish to use as bait. Our guide traded fish hooks for the fish he then cut up for us to use as bait (I DO have pics of all the steps, among the 760ish pic's I took in 4 days:), but I won't inflict them ALL upon you:). Then we cruised further down river, and set up a spot along the Zimbabwe side of the river. I took a turn at casting... here's the evidence... but then I just enjoyed taking pic's of the setting sun and other's successes!!

So... this is the AMAZING fish that Jesse caught!! We'd been out there just over an hour when all of a sudden he felt a bite, and with 15-20 minutes of HARD work, bending fishing rod, chasing the fish with the boat, etc... this Vundu (giant catfish) - all 53lbs - was in the boat!!! Just watching was a serious adrenaline rush:). God's orchestrating our fun and adventure... the person who caught the fish was the one in the group to whom it would mean the most!!! We heard later that some fishermen staying in the main lodge had been trying for days to land a Vundu, without success!!
This is the drum they played to let us know it was tea time or that dinner was ready! Ahh... ambiance!!:)

Here's once of the chalet's we stayed in. They were up on stilts, with amazing view's of the river and wildlife from the porch!!

The bathrooms were attached by a little walkway and were open to the sky (leaves, bugs, etc) and in full view of the river (as seen bellow)... About a 1/4 of our shower space was visible from the path as well:). SO, especially after dark, when we had little lights around us, it was quite the adventure:)... a little like I imagine skinny dipping would be. The breeze, sunshine and hiding from passing speed boats during daylight hours really made it a "COMPLETE" nature experience!:)