Hey fiesbob,
Ik dacht dat ik 200 km geen water zou hebben en ja, dan heb ik liever een litertje meer bij me.
En ik douce me
altijd !!!
Met 750 ml water, heerlijk !
Okay, fasten your seatbelt cause here we go ...
Hello hello !
Where did I leave you, ahja, in cold Holland gna gna ( the most of you then ... )
Bute every day way above 30 degrees isn't also that nice but you don't here me complaining
Kasane, that was the place.
Game drive, that was the fun.
We didn't see that much animals, some monkeys, giraffes, buffalo's and hippo's and ofcourse impala's.
No lions or elephants, the latter Iwould see much more coming days
Next day I cycled out of Kasane, on a 300 km, 3 day's game drive on a bicycle, yahooooo !!!!
The first elephant I saw after maybe 40 km, a massive bull, at the side of the road.
I stopped 60 meters before, checking him out.
He kept on grazing and slowly I approached but when I was maybe 40 meters from him he turned around, made himself even bigger then he already was by spreading his ears ...
A warning that I came to close.
I threw my bike down, grabbed my stick and walked to him; ' are you threathening me ? ' I shouted !
Hahaha no just kidding, I quickly turned around and kept some more distance.
A car approached and I pointed out the elephant to them, they also stopped and the elephant made the same treathening towards them.
After a minute orso he walked slowly into the bush and I could sneak behind him, the car was still there in case of ...
Pffieuwww, that was fun !!!
Later that day I saw a group of 7in the bush, no problem passing them.
That night I camped at a lodge, a terrific place.
When I finished dinner and was smoking a cigarette I saw dear, I think impala's at 200 meters, just grazing.
With the sun going down quite a nice african night ...
Next day I saw another group of 7 elephants with two young ones.
I was looking for some minutes and a car came by.
You need help ? they asked
Yeah I said, can you drive next to me so I can pass ?
Are you afraid they asked, well, I said, they can kill people can't they ?
But these elephant don't do anything was the reply.
But, the have two young ones I said, and yesterday this massive bull was quite agressive !
Yeah, when they are alone they are more agressive, this is a group, you ride and we wath you oke ?
Oke I said and slowly moved on ... 60 meters, 50 meters, 30,20,10 and I passed them, no problem !
Wouw, impressive, cool, awesome !!!
Botswana rocks !
Later I had lunch next to a track, when I went back to my bicycle for some water I saw these tracks, lion !
Female lion and not too old ( the track, I am not that good
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Mmm, here I sat, under a tree and next to some bushes, sight was 3 meters.
What if the lion returned at the same track ?
He would see me, and I him, ehh, her, at a 3 meters distance, a little too close for me ...
So I made some loud noise, scary screams like Tarzan hahaha, every 5 minutes, hoping that would scare the lion !
I had a great laugh by myself but was glad when I left, not seeing a lion !
Just before making camp there was another huge bull next to the road and when I passed him at 50 or 60 meters he suddenly turned around, spread his ears, made some sound and moved one leg like a bull ( cow ) does ...
He scared the shit out of me, adrenalin rushing through my veins and I hit the pedals.
Thank God he didn't actually charge me
That night I made camp at a roadworkerscamp, more safe than in the bush
A 100 more kilometers to Nata and I saw 4 times elephants, one time actually a bit too late, they were 40 meters away and I quickly turned around.
And waited for a car, a truck came from the opposite way and I calculated the moment I could pass the elephants with the truck between me and the elephants in which I suceeded
From Nata to Gweta was mainly farmland, saw many cows and horses.
Tomorrow will be fun again, riding through this National Park in 2 day's to Maun.
If I may quote Ralp Tuijn on his website
www.fairwaterbikechallenge.com
Damn exciting Botswana !
See ya !