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18 Motocicletas estuvieron en nuestro tour Mindo Dirt hace una semana debido a cupos limitados. Un día de locura y buena compañía, con la asistencia de la camioneta de soporte que estuvo con nosotros todo el tiempo y una charla técnica de aventura en solitario por parte de @gambitogarces. El tour tuvo también beneficios para sus participantes de compañías que nos apoyaron: @la_bicok_ecolodge @nativoecu, @hondaecuador y @stacey_motos No te pierdas de nuestra siguiente aventura este 26 de Septiembre: Baños Dirt con el auspicio de: @radio.ambato930am, @96.9radioamorambato y Agencia de viajes y Turismo Full Fun. #ecuadorbikerental #allyouneedisecuador #advlife #ridemore #mindotour #cagelessadventure #motolife #aventurainolvidable #viajeenmoto #viajeendosruedas #vidaenmoto #advpulse #vidaendosruedas #motolifestyle #790adventurer #dr650 #1290superadventurer #africatwinadventure #xre300rally #vstrom650xt #royalenfieldhimalayan https://www.instagram.com/p/CErfQ5wHga9/?igshid=1d8s0ytizhndj

Montamos unos tkc80 en la moto de @mike_panagio pronto a dar gas!!! #africatwin #africatwin1000 #africatwinadventuresports #africatwinclub #africatwinriders #africatwincrf1000l #africatwinadventure #honda #crf #hondaafricatwin https://www.instagram.com/p/CAf8hAyq0wC/?igshid=jkrf01tnbxr2

Dqae Qare San Lodge, Ghanzi, Botswana to Xain Quaz Camp, Gobobas, Namibia. About 380 km. 5/5/19.

Another cloudless morning. That's 16 days with no rain. The San people were preparing breakfast and I strolled to the open air dining area to finish yesterday's blog since I had fallen asleep. Soon brekky was announced and we all came over to sit. Coffee, eggs, bacon, sausage, baked beans and sliced tomatoes along with toast. Dinner and breakfast are included at this remote and special place. We packed up and headed out around 8 as we had a moderate day but punctuated by the uncertainty of a border crossing. The 7km sandy road to the tar seemed like a different road. Turns weren't nearly as sharp, no berm saves required and in general I was comfortable on it. Knowing the road and coming at it fresh make all the difference. We headed south and about 15km into Ghanzi for petrol and a truck with a few guys were fascinated with our bikes and all took pictures on mine (well Gavin's really). The rest of the road today was fairly straight and relatively boring. Some slight elevation changes and landscape changes but largely the most boring road stretch we had done so far. The guys towards the front saw a couple families of baboons and a couple warthogs but I didn't. We did have a run in with the law. More accurately I did. We knew they are fairly strict in Botswana on speed. We had passed our first speed traps. In fact today we passed one and weren't speeding so waved on through. By mid morning we were cruising along and there was a drop in the limit from 120 to 80. I was in the first group of 4 and we were going somewhere south of 80. We had just passed one of the many groups of goats that had partially blocked the road increasing the gap to the next bikes (5,6th) and I reckon those guys had sped up to about 115 to close the gap. It just so happened there was a Charles Hill unit of the Botswana police force using lidar and the two guys behind me were clocked over the limit. However when we were waved over, she said the fourth (me) and fifth bikes had to go see the partner sitting in a truck. In reality it was the two guys behind me but because I was just to the left of Andy and slightly behind him she didn't see me, likely causing the mistake. Anyway, we talked it down a bit and also got him to agree to drop the charges against the other if one paid. 600 pula was the negotiated fine, about $60 and Jim will split it with me. Just dumb luck but they were efficient with a credit card machine right there in the truck! The officer took a selfie with me. In fact I never needed to change any money into pula in six days. Everywhere we went they took plastic. Some dollars for cabs but that was it with Visa leading the way.

Next stop was the border. Botswana was quick and within 20' we were crossing to the Nam side. Here we were again told to pay the road tax. On the way in to Namibia just two week's earlier we had paid 188 Nam dollars for road use. Even though we were just there you as a foreigner are required to pay it again each time you enter the country. Rip off. And in fact it had increased 4.3% on May 1st so now it was 196 Namibian dollars (about $13.75) another ledger and immigration forms. About 30-40' and we were done there too. Not too bad at all. We got fuel and then went next door to East Gate store/restaurant/take out for lunch. I ordered a chocolate milkshake and a toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwich. We sat outside and ate our sandwiches and headed west towards Gobobas. More uneventful road into town where we filled up at the same station we used on our first time through this town. This was the first time we closed the loop on our trip and though not all the same roads and none of the same lodging, we will be heading back to SA on a similar route. A large stretch tomorrow for example is off road that we took on the way northward over two weeks ago. We rolled about 10 km out of town and found this beautiful Xain Quaz camp. Run by an Afrikaans guy named Danie and his wife it is a lush oasis in the Kalahari. Lots of peacocks chickens and perhaps the largest rooster I have ever seen. Four times the size of other roosters here, he is 'yuge! There are also 4 friendly dogs here including a couple of beautiful yellow labs. Fancy rooms with a beautiful bathroom and modern decor was a nice change. After de-kitting, right into the cold pool in my underwear and riding shirt as has been my practice initially because we were well ahead of the bakkie and our luggage some days and now even when they've arrived I utilize the pool as refreshment and washing machine. 🙃 We started bringing rounds to the pool 🍻 and there may have even been a shot of Jaegermeister in there somewhere. Danie served us oryx filet which interestingly I last had when we were first near Gobobas back on 4/22. This was served in a massive and beautiful thatch roofed hall and surprisingly we didn't see any one else around save for one family we spotted in the afternoon but didn't see at dinner. We have had many places either completely to ourselves or nearly so. We had a homemade roll that was delicious and a Greek leaning salad that was really good. After dinner we retired to the outdoor fire Danie had started for us before dinner on the big fireplace over which is adorned with a metal sculpture stating is Afrikaans that braai (BBQ) is the love that you can see. More beverages may have been consumed. That brings us to Baz' word of the day. It is pram fynkies. It means (double) brandy and coke. Can't imagine why this is the word of the day...🤪 😴

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