Day 4With a bit of time to spare it was nice to take notice of the smaller things around us.
The silence of the area was wonderful. No uneccessary noise to have to deal with.
I was packed up fairly early as I wanted to change my sparkplug to see if my fuel consumption could be improved.
This was also a big day because it was new shirt/jersey day - Chris putting on his "loudest " and Jim mimicking a bumblebee.
Jimbo also proposed the "Nabian Salute"
Chris was a little slow in getting going this morning...
...and kept Jim waiting...
We took an easy ride into Aroab to pay our Nabian road tax - R140-00 - re-fuel, buy water for the days ride and chops for dinner tonight. The interest from the locals was intense. Many shaking their heads at our idea of adventure, others wishing us well.
The road to Koes took us over some amazing roads, smooth and fast. We rarely backed off the throttle even going over the zero gravity dunes. The thrill of flying over these sections of road were exhilarating, flying over the top at 120+, rear wheels spinning as they lost traction at the crest, and then the hollow-gut swoop down the far side.
The thrill had me whoop-whooping in my helmet, my smile ear to ear. I am really sorry that we did not get any action shots of these zero gravity sections. I was quite prepared to head back and do them all over again - lotsa fun
The Nabian roads were good, lots of loose gravel on top but rarely was this a problem. The corners were also do-able at speed. We stopped on one particular corner to do some action videos, again good fun.
The terrain and landscape all but flat constantly changed as we continued on our quest. The riding still fast and intense. The roadside farms separated by many miles (no noisy neighbor complaints out here!!!).
We rode into Koes just before mid-day and followed Jim to the salt pan on the outskirts of town.
This was an almost surreal experience for me - almost as if I had ridden into a 3-D video game. I followed Jim's lines as he sped out onto the pan, the surface uber-smooth we weaved and turned on this amazing playground - my mind not computing very well that I was leaning the bike in a tight turn at 100km/h!!!
Chasing behind Jim it reminded me of one of my son's playstation games, apart from the handlebars' slight vibration in my hands it all seemed like I wasn't there. With no immediate reference points along the featureless pan it was difficult to judge speed.
I stopped to take some pics and in no time Chris and Jim dissapeared into a shimmering midday mirage, only to re-appear, heading straight at me at top speed - great stuff.
Pics to follow - Photobucket on strike!!! 
SORTED
Arrived in Koes just in time to re-fuel and grab some supplies before the whole town shut down for for their daily siesta - apparently it is too hot to do anything so they go home and do .... well ...... dunno??
Chris was able to buy some half defrosted pies from the local take away - warm on the outside crispy ice on the inside - on the day, they tasted good. We sat outside the closed shop on the cool cement marvelling at the pace of the town as it went to sleep.
As with all other spots, if you were late you missed the shade and your buddy didn't care...
Jim's comment day 4 - part 1
Day 4.
Lazy start. At Aroab purchased Namibian road tax, fuel etc. Enroute to Koes we practiced our fast Namibian road corners, played on the “Zero Gravity” roads over the dunes, and at Koes did a couple of flat out “figure eights” on Koes pan. Then departed for Tses.
Topic: NAMIBIAN HARDCORE VOLCANO RUN - Completed (Read 11906 times)
