Not your average Hotel room

We've arrived at Victoria Falls and it was fun to see the small tourist town bustling with hotels, motels, lodges, and small shops. Oh, and also all the sellers on the street following the white people around. :) heehee. We had the excuse of saying we lived in Harare, and could find it cheaper there, the sellers then quickly gave up on us. They were even selling the Zim trillion dollar bills, which we have some, but I was hoping that any U.S. tourist wouldn't pay too much for them since they are worth NOTHING. Tip to those who travel to Zim, don't pay more than a dollar for any Zimbabwe money.

Our first Lodge we stayed in was the ilala Lodge. It was quite nice, and kinda looked like a nice Holiday Inn hotel room. Spencer on this trip has become quite the Vanna White, and wanted to show off all the signs we passed, so you will see more pictures of him doing this.

There were also baboons hanging out around the front of our Lodge. They didn't bother us, but I was a tad worried if they did want to bother us.

So we get situated in our room, which had a TV!!! We were so tired from driving that we just laid back and started watching the TV, then low and behold there were elephants right outside our doors!!!!! So we sat and watched them too.

The sign right outside our doors said: WARNING: All wild animals are potentially dangerous. Please do not approach. M-kay I'll make sure to not approach the huge elephant that is not tame and could trample me in less than 5 seconds. Thanks!

There were five elephants that hung out and ate for a little while right by our door.

Then the baboons came. We had heard from friends here in Harare, who took this trip this year to make sure to keep your doors and windows locked because of the baboons. One of their windows was not locked and when they came back to the hotel room there were baboons in their room eating their trail mix, when the husband tried to shoo them out one snuck back in by racing past him!! Another story was of some baboons that got into a man's (someone we don't know) room and started eating all of his medication pills. When they shooed that baboon out it picked up the toiletry bag and tried to take it back outside!

So needless to say, I made sure all doors and windows remained locked and shut!

I thought this was so cute how the little one was grooming the bigger one. I love having my hair played with and was wondering if I went out there and started grooming them, would they play with my hair too?? I didn't try.

I love that this big baboon has his eyes closed while being groomed. He was so relaxed. :)