Left Windhoek at 6am just as the sky got light and broke the back of the 700km that we had to do today by 10am. The route today was Windhoek to Rundu (the entrance to the caprivi strip in northern namibia).
Things went well until Dale’s radio stopped working which prompted a 150km detour to Tsumeb to get the radios for our bike to bike communications fixed. This detour resulted in a scenic 850km day.
The road to Rundu is the straightest road in the world…literally! Other than thousands of goats and cows on the side of the road, the trip was largely uneventful with the occasional heart in mouth when an animal walks into the road.
Accomodation this evening is…um…Basic! My shower has rat poo in it and I am pretty certain the bed has fleas, that said, we are so tired, that almost anything will do. The view at least is pretty….welcome to Africa!
The straightest road in the world!
