Hugging the coast line between Port Edward and East London will take some doing. I mentioned before that there are some rivers to cross but have not shared much of that.
OK, so here goes.
Your basic river crossing is not more than a stream. Normally a little inland before the water gathers up to form a lagoon or something more threatening. Here's Pieter crossing one of many pebbles strewn river beds. It looks more tricky than it is. Most of these can be achieved without any help from the other okes.
Then you get your deep drop crossing. This is almost the same as the previous crossing but now some 4x4s have also crossed here and have managed to dig out the flat river bed into a somewhat deep donga which only the first guy can fully appreciate. Here's Niel calmly regaining his balance after the GS drops into the said donga. Gillie stands alongside to save to GS from breathing clean H2O when she goes over. Something you want to avoid so early in the day.
Then you get the proper river mouth. It is very important to take care of two major issues here:
1. Don't take in that stuff that is 10,000 times thicker than air. Even the best German engines just don't like it. If you don't kill the engine quick enough she's gonna break something. And if you do, then the other manne will have to come a push you out. Thereafter, you're going to have to bring her back to life with a moerse effort. So, just roll easy and don't panic.
2. Take your helmet off. When she goes down you're going to try and save her. This will lead to you loosing your footing and ending up underneath the beast. I can tell you that going under with a helmet on is just so much more scary than without it. Believe me, you don't want to feel like you're in a gas chamber when you're struggling for air.
Here's the Mahut acting up again. Nothing serious but just enough to scare Bart. You'll notice he's got his helmet on. I rest my case.
