morning guys, we are and jolly boys here in Livingstone Zambia and this
morning we're gonna go see some elephants this afternoon we're gonna go
jump off a bridge and this evening we're gonna go take some pictures so five
years ago here in Livingstone I did something I've always regretted okay
five years ago I did something I regret five years ago in Zambia I wrote
elephant now I'm telling you that from the future because as you probably saw
the clip by filmed in Zambia was just my face
I want to explain I rode elephants in Africa
I wrote elephants in Zambia five years ago before I kind of realized or came to
the conclusion that it's just not cool unlike the elephants in Southeast Asia
the elephants in Zambia that I rode back in the day aren't abused to get the
people to do what they want the elephants to do they only use positive
reinforcement techniques and on top of that all the elephants are also rescues
they were rescued from the cull of elephants in Zimbabwe they were rescued
as orphaned babies so it seemed kind of it seemed okay but obviously I was naive
I am a naive person in general that's just kind of how I am and riding
elephants is it's never cool it's just not cool
petting Tigers is not cool if you go onto tinder and you see a picture of
somebody riding an elephant or petting a tiger swipe whichever way you swipe to
deny them because it's not cool but I did ride an elephant and I've always
regretted it and I rode an elephant at this exact place I'm standing in today's
episode the place is now called the elephant cafe they used to ride
elephants here but nowadays that come to the same conclusion that riding
elephants just isn't cool so they've turned this place into the
elephant cafe and the elephant cafe is a sanctuary for the elephants that they
used to ride to live there also totally free to go run across the river if they
want to swim across the river and go feed on the island it's now a sanctuary
which is totally better than a place to right elephant and tourists can still
have interactions with the elephants although very very brief ones and the
tourists can feed them and interact with them really really quickly and then the
tourists go into this beautiful cafe and have lunch and I think it's a really
good compromise because you do have these rescued elephants that really
can't go back to the wild because their way to obituary to humans and you do
have a business that survives on the elephants being there so I do think it's
a maybe not a cyst totally totally totally sustainable way of doing it but
it is a good compromise at the very least so I'm gonna end that there feel
free to discuss in the comments whatever you want to discuss and let's get back
to Zam
you could be the first in the second and the third trunk up Danny yeah hi guys so
we're done with the elephants the elephants are going back out into the
field it's good to see you know company's doing something that maybe was
unethical and twisting it around into something a little bit better it was an
incredible experience I shot all of the footage and all of the photos on the 16
to 35 that's how close we were some wide-angle elephant photography this
morning
move so fast baby I will show you how you can catch my vibe I think we're
heading back into town you know maybe lazy by the pool and then
we're gonna go jump off a bridge
don't be sad
you could be us
okay so here's the deal we are actually across the Zambian border and heading
toward Zimbabwe on foot not because we're officially going into
Zimbabwe but because we're gonna potentially jump off a bridge I've done
this actually many times before but you guys know how Jodi and I always forget
something we took it to another level because when we left the car behind in
Botswana we left all the microSD cards so I can't really film on the GoPro
because there's no microSD card in it so I'm not sure if we're gonna be able to
film this experience potentially the people at the bungy jump will be able to
capture it for us because they do shoot video the zipline might be the coolest
way to get from one country to another you start on the Zambian side you end on
this in Bob way sign and I think that's what we're gonna do first because Jody
is not into a into bungy jumping are you we'll see how I feel after the zipline
but yeah I guess we'll figure it out when we get up there
managed to borrow microSD card from the video crew here so I'm going old-school
stylez GoPro Jodie and I are actually gonna tandem slide across the border
we survived and I think probably the scariest part of the swing is getting to
the end and you're just like hanging off the bridge as they unload you that's the
scariest part isn't a slide it's literally when you're done Jodi welcome
to Zimbabwe
five four three two one
case survived the bungee Jody survived the slide with me and ya feelin good
feelin really good I was kind of thinking you know what I've done the
bungee a bunch of times I don't need to do it again and then did it and so so
glad I did it now we're gonna go visit one of the
seven wonders of the world
okay we're in the park we're at Victoria Falls it's 5 p.m. the the Quixote here
at 6 sunset is 6:30 so we don't have a ton of
time and we can't shoot you know the beautiful sunset light if there is
beautiful sunset light we can't shoot sunset I find that shooting the details
is something that's really important and when you're in a place like Victoria
Falls I think shooting the details in general is really important because
there's a million photos made of the big wide-open shot a big hero image
everybody's done it but you can still sell images if you can do something a
little bit different and I think the details that's the difference that's
what sells so that's what we're gonna look for
so this is my third time at Victoria Falls and I've never gotten a really
really great photo because the first time I was here five years ago there was
way too much water you were just getting covered in water here and we're even
getting covered right now when I was here two years ago there was no water
absolutely no water coming down here right now it's kind of like the perfect
mix of water but not so much miss that I think maybe potentially I can get a
couple cool photos here I'm looking for something simple I'm just looking for a
tree or something that will kind of stand out in the photo
amongst all the water so I might try to work with some patterns but ideally I'd
like to find just one single tree or something like that so well gave
exploring and see if we can find that
good news is I found a tree the bad news is I'm having a real battle trying to
build some compositions around it the tree looks good it's just the way the
waters falling just doesn't I don't know it just doesn't give any drama to the to
the tree and I don't know if I have to move and try to find a different angle
or just kind of keep playing with my compositions but I think I'm gonna do
something a little bit different I've got the 100 to 400 millimeter on no
filters because I'm not using any sky it's just details I'm getting about a
half second exposure and a yeah it looks great it looks really good it's just I'm
not stoked with the composition so then keep working on this and hopefully come
up with something by the end of it
okay done because they're kicking us out I don't think I got it I don't know to
be honest I worked on it for so long and I think maybe that when I see it on a
computer I'll like it better but I don't love it for sure I definitely don't love
it but it's just good to get the camera out on something other than animals
you'll get me wrong I love wildlife photography and don't get me wrong
there's going to be some wildlife photography coming over the next couple
days down back in Botswana and back in South
Africa but there will also be some landscapes coming up so I'm looking
forward to the landscapes overall even without a photo it's been an amazing day
Jody kind of got over her fear of elephants I jumped off a bridge crossed
from Zambia to Zimbabwe on a string and took photos of one of the wonders of the
world you can't really beat that can you and I guess I'll leave you guys there
it's been awesome I'll see you guys tomorrow as we head back to Botswana
peace
you