We all have travel dreams – bucket lists that are brimming with places that we would love to see in our life. Right at the top of my very long list was the Victoria Falls – one of the seven natural wonders of the world. I didn’t know too much about the falls, except that they are magnificent and everyone who has been there raves about what a fabulous experience it is. And the thing I loved the sound of most was that there are rainbows suspended in the mist that sprays up from the falling water. Although our blog is about chasing a figurative rainbow – the ideal of contentment, peace and happiness – this was one literal rainbow that I was craving to see.

To my absolute delight, the opportunity to visit Victoria Falls recently presented itself and with great excitement and anticipation we headed to Zimbabwe to tick off our dream. When you have high hopes of something, it’s always a bit worrying that the actual experience could fall below your lofty expectations which would be a really sad disappointment. What I swiftly realised though, was that my expectations of Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls were in fact way too low and far too narrow.