This morning when I left it was all clouded over and a great temperature for riding all the way to a Opuwo 140 km, animals kept appearing, a Springbok ran alonside me doing about 60 km for about 1 km and then backed off and ran behind me. Then I came across eight ostriches running ahead of me on the road and they finally left and ran into the bushes further along I came across this troop of baboons which crossed right in front of my bike, unfortunately I didn't hit any of them but sadly I did hit a bird that flew into my front forks and that's the second bird that I have hit.
From Opuwo I took G3709 to C35 where I stopped for water and in all this area all the Himba's live, a few happened to be at the shop I visited and they were kind enough to have their photos taken,of course for a price. Ended up stopping at the camp gate at Etosha looking for Keith , but nowhere to be found, my yogurt and milk are gone was looking so forward to that cold yogurt and a plate of pro nutro. Don't ever trust a KTM guy they will leave you just for the yogurt.
Stopped at Khorixas for petrol and went to camp site, still no Keith, decided to press on to Uis for the night. Arrived at white lady camp at 5 o'clock only to notice that I had a flat back tire. Got it over to the workshop we ended up taking the tube In and Out 3 times ,YouTube issues and finished at 9:15 p.m. just beat. The worst part of it was that it was a screw in my tire and not all the beating the tires had taken on these gnarly dirt roads. Had no time to make supper but did have time to have an ice cold beer at the bar, I then drove off to Camp pitched my tent showered and crashed.
I feel your pain, Rooi! Flat tires deflate more than the tire. At least you had some of the high moments earlier in the day with all the animal companions. These trips are a roller coaster of highs and lows! Thanks for the reports. Your friends are with you!
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