Day 8 – Keetmanshoop – 250kms – Tuesday 5th June
Packing camp in Ai – Ais took a long time because one of us needed to keep watch on the very clever and organized raiding baboons.
We did not see any around that morning. Were they gone, or hiding cleverly?
In any case, we knew, from the previous day events, that they were lightening fast and very cunning, using distraction technics to get what they want.
After packing most of our stuff we got ready to sit for some breakfast. With our cups of coffee, bread and jam ready on the campsite table, I was still packing some stuff near the tent. Alistair just walked to the bikes, only few metres away. Just few seconds inattention, that is all it took!
In the blink of an eye, a female baboon, which had been obviously spying on us hidden somewhere, came at the speed of light, out of nowhere, jumped into the picnic table and stole our bag of bread! Before any of us could react, it was gone!
So this is how a baboon stole our breakfast!
Luckily, the tiny shop in the campsite had a bag of bread rolls left, so we ate our breakfast and finished packing very carefully.
We finally left, later than we wanted.
We rode to the Fish River canyon viewpoint, which was ok but nothing out of this world I thought! Sometime guidebooks and tourist websites make something such a big deal, building expectations, and when you get there it can be underwhelming. I mean it is beautiful but maybe not the best stuff in Namibia!? Still, it was a nice ride.
Topic: Around Southern Africa on 2 small bikes (Read 12029 times)
