Distance: 101.0 km
Ride time: 6:08:41
Average: 16.4 km/h
Max speed: 22.0 km/h
Total: 46246 km
It felt good hitting the road again after the unwanted break in Windhoek. I was however looking over my shoulder a few more times than normal to see if a sleeping truck driver would be surprising me once again. Luckily the traffic was very light.
I was crossing the mighty Okavango River that flows into the big Okavango Delta in Botswana. The wild life is supposed to be quite something although I will not make it this time…
Instead I was cycling into the Caprivi Game Reserve. There is a good number of animals around up here as well. Plenty of signs told me to watch out for the elephants!
For the first hours of the day I was looking intensely into the bush for any signs of life. Then I put on my headphones and started listening to pod casts instead.
The good thing about having stopped for a week was that my back was finally in good shape. My new wheel seemed to be rolling fine as well. The only thing to complain about was a steady head wind keeping the speed down, but all in all it felt great to be back on the road instead of sitting around waiting.
As my computer ticked over a 100 km I pulled over to the side of the road to put up my tent. I hadn’t passed a village for hours so I didn’t have to worry about humans being around. Instead I was thinking what kind of animals would find my tent at night. As I tried to fall asleep I did indeed hear what (at least in my imagination) seemed like a big animal walking around in the bush. It was not the best sleep I ever had in my tent…
Good that the back is all ship shape again! Now you can enjoy cycling again.
Hopefully you won’t have to try and outrun an elephant or two!