Today was our third and last BIG ride for the first half of our journey. We did 750km from Windhoek to Rundu and managed to get there just before 4pm. The last 10km to the Kaisosi river lodge on the Kavango river is made up of soft river sand roads and anybody that rides bikes knows, the stuff is treacherous to ride on.
I was half anticipating having to go back and pick Iain up off the floor but in fact it seems our novice Iain is a natural pro. Although ones natural instinct is to climb on the brakes when things start to go wrong, the principle in soft sand is counter intuitively to “stand up, look up and gas up”. Although we explained this to Iain, often nerves and fear gets the better of one in those moments but not our Oscar. He is ready to take on the Paris Dakar at this rate.
Kaisosi is fantastic, beers are cold and food was good. Other than Iain turning into a pyromaniac that needs restraining after about 10 beers, the night was largely uneventful.
The Ladies after a long day…
Kaisosi River Lodge, Rundu, Namibia with Angola on the opposite bank.
At Kaisosi, Rundu.
Very little beats an African sunset.