Day 50 After our relaxing day fishing and game viewing we had to set about pushing for home. The plan was to get as close to Windhoek as possible.
After an early and quite cold start we turned towards Rundu at the end of the Caprivi where it opens out. Finally the impossible happened and the yellow bike punctured. Despite me leading 10:7 to Mark’s machine the yellow bike remained out of the race, not having had a single flat. As usual it didn’t take too long to change but enthusiasm for quick changes is wilting.
In the late evening I had yet another flat. This prevented us reaching Windhoek and we stopped at a lodge in Okanhandja, just 70 km short. We found a very nice country hotel and had a good supper and bed.
The roads and country side made for quite easy riding and we did 830km, the longest stretch to date. It does seem that Namibia is an enormous place, we seemed to make little progress towards Cape Town.
After countries with too many people Namibia seemed deserted. Incredible wide open spaces with fantastic bush veld. After Grootfontein there were hundreds of Warthog on the verges. The place is clean and it all looks like it works efficiently.
Till tomorrow. Jim
Day 50
After an early and quite cold start we turned towards Rundu at the end of the Caprivi where it opens out. Finally the impossible happened and the yellow bike punctured. Despite me leading 10:7 to Mark’s machine the yellow bike remained out of the race, not having had a single flat. As usual it didn’t take too long to change but enthusiasm for quick changes is wilting.
In the late evening I had yet another flat. This prevented us reaching Windhoek and we stopped at a lodge in Okanhandja, just 70 km short. We found a very nice country hotel and had a good supper and bed.
The roads and country side made for quite easy riding and we did 830km, the longest stretch to date. It does seem that Namibia is an enormous place, we seemed to make little progress towards Cape Town.
After countries with too many people Namibia seemed deserted. Incredible wide open spaces with fantastic bush veld. After Grootfontein there were hundreds of Warthog on the verges. The place is clean and it all looks like it works efficiently.
Till tomorrow. Jim
Day 50
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