I vetted the ride on how long google maps says it takes to get places. That was three hours for today.
Unfortunately that was if you were in a car taveling a minimum of 100kmph. Not on a moped doing 50.
The start of the day was glorious. Was saw hundreds of ships in the harbour, drove past the biggest Lilly pond/lake and saw some sand dunes.
Unfortunately it was hard work after that! We drove for 8 hours on a straight road with the world conspiring against us.
Stopping only once at a stretch of golden beach that was too inviting to turn down.
Although we had inconsistent cross winds, craters of pot holes and other drivers to contend with; I nearly crashed twice, once into a orange truck on two wheels and once into a moped stocked 7 foot high and four foot wide with caged birds!
Paul had the worst of it though. As we were driving his fan belt snapped, leaving him a crowd of bikes with no acceleration. Somehow he rolled straight into a mechanics and got fixed up.
Meanwhile Dori was attacked by a frog.
Paul also had to drive most of the day with no glasses as a bug hit his and knocked a lense clean out by cracking the frame. After 5 hours he finally found a pair, was massively over charged. Then the sun went down and he had to take them off anyway!
After a stint doing racing lines down a deserted highway we made it back just in time for our bus.
What a great adventure!
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