Last Section in Their Sights

Somehow we’re already at the end of another section. Wow, the kilometers and time are flying by! Unfortunately, we’re going to be losing 8 sectional riders, including John, who’s been with us since Arusha, and 8 of our French guys, who’ve spent just the Elephant Highway with us. They easily covered a lot of ground, though, topping out with our 207 kilometer day. Not bad, guys, congratulations!

We’ve left another country behind as well (Botswana), and today entered the capital city of Namibia, Windhoek, where we’ll spend the next 2 rest days. People have big plans, some culminating with a trip to KFC, something people have been looking forward to since Egypt! We’ve hit fried chicken places before now, but not Kentucky Fried Chicken, so it’s going to be a big treat. Funny the things that come to mean so much to you while traveling. Others are planning to head to Swakopmund, a picturesque town on the coast, filled with adventure activities like sandboarding and skydiving. Otherwise, it’s the usual rest day activities, gorging on whatever strikes one’s fancy, doing laundry (I hear there are even coin-operated washing machines somewhere!), reading, finding the internet, sleeping in, etc.

After our rest days (2 in a row!), we’ve just 1 section left (the Diamond Coast), 2 countries (Namibia and South Africa), and 1,598 kilometers. I can’t believe it, but we’re in the countdown stages….