Gotta love Namibia. Great RR! :thumleft:
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tau
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Day 4
I woke up to another stunning day weather wise not cold not too hot just right. I clapped it down the road to Outjo. The German bakery was calling my name for breakfast. I had great service as always and can recommend them for visitors to the town.
From Outjo I took the gravel to KalkFeld en then split of to the D102…something running towards Okahandja. I passed well known landmarks like Mount Etjo Game farm where John Wayne once hunted. I passed some of the best balanced farms I have seen in Namibia vegetation wise. The mopanie trees and Vaalbos brush was healthy and the Swarthaak and sekelbos minimal. I turned a corner and there was my farm, I needed to rob a bank in the next town and come back and buy this farm. I would farm cattle and breed Game and grow a proper beard. Maybe even start smoking a pipe.
Not far from here I got blocked by a huge entrance gate to Erindi…..
I thought here it is my first problem of the trip at the 2350km mark. How wrong I was the guard slid the gate open and smiled whilst asking me where I was going and for my contact details. I was now driving thru a big 5 reserve on a motorbike. It was great. Elephant dung was everywhere, but the pic of my bike and a elephant in the background unfortunately never happened. I was a little disappointed in Erindi the veld was badly managed and the game numbers very low. I left the reserve and immediatle started seeing Gemsbok, warthog , kudu en Springbok on the next farms.
I rode to the B1 main tar road of Namibia and took the 38km to Okahandja. Here I forgot to rob the bank, but I got some biltong at least just as good. And a well-balanced diet.
I rode the crazy tar road into Windhoek where I dropped of 2kg of dried fruit that had been in a gift bag in my pannier riding along all the way. The same friend(Oom) had orginised a new tyre for me at Danric BMW. They helped me quick quick and the cost for a new TKC + fitment and balancing was rediculousy cheap.
From here I travelled 40km South of Windhoek to a Game ranch of family friends.
I woke up to another stunning day weather wise not cold not too hot just right. I clapped it down the road to Outjo. The German bakery was calling my name for breakfast. I had great service as always and can recommend them for visitors to the town.
From Outjo I took the gravel to KalkFeld en then split of to the D102…something running towards Okahandja. I passed well known landmarks like Mount Etjo Game farm where John Wayne once hunted. I passed some of the best balanced farms I have seen in Namibia vegetation wise. The mopanie trees and Vaalbos brush was healthy and the Swarthaak and sekelbos minimal. I turned a corner and there was my farm, I needed to rob a bank in the next town and come back and buy this farm. I would farm cattle and breed Game and grow a proper beard. Maybe even start smoking a pipe.
Not far from here I got blocked by a huge entrance gate to Erindi…..
I thought here it is my first problem of the trip at the 2350km mark. How wrong I was the guard slid the gate open and smiled whilst asking me where I was going and for my contact details. I was now driving thru a big 5 reserve on a motorbike. It was great. Elephant dung was everywhere, but the pic of my bike and a elephant in the background unfortunately never happened. I was a little disappointed in Erindi the veld was badly managed and the game numbers very low. I left the reserve and immediatle started seeing Gemsbok, warthog , kudu en Springbok on the next farms.
I rode to the B1 main tar road of Namibia and took the 38km to Okahandja. Here I forgot to rob the bank, but I got some biltong at least just as good. And a well-balanced diet.
I rode the crazy tar road into Windhoek where I dropped of 2kg of dried fruit that had been in a gift bag in my pannier riding along all the way. The same friend(Oom) had orginised a new tyre for me at Danric BMW. They helped me quick quick and the cost for a new TKC + fitment and balancing was rediculousy cheap.
From here I travelled 40km South of Windhoek to a Game ranch of family friends.
Klein Torkar
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Baie mooi, saldie spaar varkie se gleuf moet groter maak.
Buff
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Sjoe, hoe lekker ry ek nou saam 
Great RR Tau, your love of the country comes across so strong :thumleft:
Great RR Tau, your love of the country comes across so strong :thumleft:
TVB
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:thumleft:Ek brand vir so n trip! Lekker man
Mev Vis Arend
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Ai, wat kan ek sê. Dit is vrek mooi. Dankie vir die deel.
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Jis T
Ons het Erindi mis gery, sou n aand daar oorslaap, brei bietjie meer uit oor die plek asb ?
Ons het Erindi mis gery, sou n aand daar oorslaap, brei bietjie meer uit oor die plek asb ?
gwild
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Awesome thx for sharing. :thumleft:
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Jis Tau, waaragtig lekker om dit te lees. Jy skryf lekker man! Gooi nog ...
whitedelight
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Lekker RR John. :thumleft:
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John, dis n baie mooi ride report, en ek is bly jy het dit geniet.
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Jy kry rr's en dan kry jy rr's. Hierdie is 'n RR!
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Great ride and great report, tau! :thumleft: Looking forward to the rest.
tau
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Thx manne I have been crazy busy since being back. Will finish asap.
