5 August 2008

Hi folks.

I'm in Windhoek now slowly recovering. Thanks to Dru in Windhoek, he's been great.

I got doctors advise and I had malaria and some strains of it reoccur every year, if you take treatment for malaria it won't show up. The people in Angola were very helpfull with directions etc. Saw one guy with a rocket launcher over his shoulder - probably not much good without ammo. Lot's of holes in bridges and the road, some I was close to falling into. The mine clearing crews were out clearing the road sides so they can widen the road. Lubango to Oshakango was a shocker of a road. Corrugations for km after km and lots of big holes in the broken tar sections.

One girl was lucky i did'nt hit her as she ran straight across in front of me without looking. At 80 km/h probably would of killed her - as it was I brushed her arm. I had a good rear tyre puncture and lost all the air straight away . The bike went opposite lock a few times before I stopped and wiped my brow.

Just recovering in Windhoek and Dru is buying the bike for his farm. I'm off to England and Scotland next to see cousins then think about the next step. I got a third of the way to England by bike and I was'nt going to risk malaria in an even more remote area further north. Your health is all you've got at the end of the day. It's not a nice thing to get.

Thanks for tuning in folks. I hope you enjoyed the story anyway.

Ron.

YF Report - Day 2

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Early morning:





This road wasn’t fun in the dark the previous night, but man o man now it was great:



Are we having fun yet? For sure!



Danie’s house where we had some breakfast:



Topbox checking directions:



Just outside Carnarvon:



The famous blikkies bar in Canarvon:





We were in the mood for a bite to eat in Loxton, so we bought a plate of food and supported the local entrepreneurs:



Look ma, beetroot and potato salad without a knife and fork:



Why fly while you could ride?



Water break:



Local transport:



High speed dirt:









Surf taking a break:



If you look closely you could see Monday come:



Mr Trail himself:


BigEd:



Biesie doing his world tourer pose:



Piksteel:



Me with some shitty pose that evening:



Eisbein, Surf and Piksteel:



Everyone having some good farm food:



Ektoknbike jinxing himself:

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YF Report - Day 3

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Farm pets:







I constantly had problems with a flat battery, dammit:



Healthy farm breakfast before a long days ride, fresh baked bread, boerewors and smoor:



And now we were in the mood for some serious fun:

Trailrider:





Operator:



Bru doing it sideways:



Biesie:



Surf, one of my fav pics of the weekend:



Piksteel:



Eisbein:



Biesie in the mud:



Bru:



Surf in the reeds:



On his way again:



Piksteel:



Eisbein:



On the way to Merweville just outside Fraserburg:









Just before Seweweekspoort we stopped for the night:

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